Leipzig aspires to the Cup title and also to the Bundesliga title, where it is only two points behind Bayern and, if it were not for the defeat in the first leg against Liverpool, one could speak of an almost ideal situation at the moment it’s from the season.

The Liverpool and Leipzig arrive Wednesday around the knockout stages of the Champions League at completely different times and while the German team has a winning streak for the team of Jürgen Klopp is the income of the 0-2 of the going.

That defeat was the last one conceded by Leipzig, who have not lost in the Bundesliga since 23 January. Since then, in the domestic tournament those led by Julian Nagelsmann have accumulated 6 victories in a row and have passed the eighth and quarterfinals of the German Cup.

Leipzig aspires to the Cup title and also to the Bundesliga title, where it is only two points behind Bayern and, if it were not for the defeat in the first leg against Liverpool, one could speak of an almost ideal situation at the moment it’s from the season.

For Livepool, on the other hand, the Champions League is the remaining lifeline since it is touched to death in the Premier League, seven points behind fourth place after chaining one of the worst streaks in its history.

Anfield is no longer a fortress and Jürgen Klopp’s men have lost six home games in a row for the first time since the club’s founding. The last time they lost so many games at home during a league edition was almost seventy years ago and ended up releasing to the second division.

This speaks of the little security that Anfield transmits, a temple that has been conquered in recent times by much less powerful teams such as Burnley, Brighton and Fulham.

The good news for them is that the tie, due to flight restrictions between Germany and the United Kingdom, will be played in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

Faced with the avalanche of injuries in defense, which explain part of the collapse that the team has suffered, Klopp decided to rotate against Fulham, play with three homegrown players in defense and leave Sadio Mané out of the title, who had minutes in the second half, and to Roberto Firmino, who was not summoned. Thiago Alcántara also rested.

Everyone should be available for what is right now Liverpool’s biggest game of the season. Because for the Champions pass all the hopes of a team that no longer aspires to win the Premier, which has a difficult time getting into the top four and has been eliminated from the two domestic cups for a long time.

The problems of the team have also been transferred to the individual stars and a footballer like Mohamed Salah, guilty of the goal of the defeat against Fulham, has been questioned due to complaints from his agent about being substituted when Liverpool lost against Chelsea a couple of days ago.

Leipzig, meanwhile, comes back to the duel with the important loss of Angeliño, with muscle problems.

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