How the Reds can change the season narrative -Wijnaldum

 

With just a few months left before his contract with Liverpool expires,Georginio Wijnaldum says things are no long the way they used to be but insists it is not over for the Reds.

Wijnaldum  who won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2019 agrees that confidence has dipped coming on the heels of recent loses but added that only one magic can give the season a new definition.

According to him  only Champions League glory can save Liverpool’s season  beginnning with carrying the day later tonight in the second leg tie against Leipzig.

Jurgen Klopp’s men, who face RB Leipzig in the second leg of their last 16 tie on Wednesday, are favourites to progress after winning the first leg 2-0.

But there are major questions over their confidence following a run of six successive home defeats in the Premier League.

Klopp’s side, top of the table at Christmas, have slipped to eighth and look unlikely to finish in the top four.

Tonight’s Champions League “home” tie, taking place in Budapest instead of at Anfield due to coronavirus travel restrictions, could provide a useful distraction.

But Dutch international Wijnaldum said the season would only be saved if Liverpool were crowned European champions for a seventh time.

“Of course the Champions League can rescue this season but I think a lot of people only say it is rescued if you win the Champions League and everyone knows how difficult it is,” he said.

“I think there is always pressure when you play for a club like Liverpool and you have the results that we have had now. There will be a pressure to bounce back and show we can do better.

“We want to do better but we have to show it. It has hit us hard. Definitely, everyone can see it.”

“We were used to winning games and winning trophies and now it is the opposite, the confidence is less than the previous years but that is because it is a totally different situation we are in right now,” he said.

“We feel really bad. The way we deal with situations during games was really bad.”

Wijnaldum is in the final few months of his contract at Anfield, with no new deal firmed up.

The midfielder, 30, has long been linked with Barcelona and a reunion with his former national team boss Ronald Koeman.

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“I am really happy at the club, really happy with the team and the staff and really happy with the fans for whom I play,” he said.

“It is not that I am not happy and I have to leave but it is not that easy as everyone thinks it is to make some decisions for your future.”