Jurgen Klopp believes the Community Shield has been scheduled too early for a Liverpool team that didn’t finish last season until the end of May.
Saturday’s season curtain-raiser against Manchester City signals the start of the new campaign as Liverpool try yet again to find a way to overhaul their great modern rivals.
Liverpool manager Klopp said today that he will take the game seriously because he has never won it.
Liverpool will face Premier League champions Manchester City in the Community Shield
Jurgen Klopp believes the Community Shield has been scheduled too early for his team
But added that thought should be given to flexibility surrounding the weekend it is played given his team competed in the Champions League final in Paris on May 28.