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20th August 2022
02:42pm BST

“I think for me it was easier because I didn’t come for the start of the season, we didn’t have a transfer window,” he said. “In England, people tend to say then, ‘Yeah, it’s not his team.’ So whatever I did, you would have said, ‘It’s not his team.’“I actually thought after one day, it’s my team, so I felt really responsible for all the performances from the first game. But it’s easier.
“And now, I don’t think you can really compare it, different times. My arrival is probably seven years ago – it’s a long time in football, a lot of things changed since then. “But it’s not easy, definitely not, especially when you have to ‘rebuild’, or however they see it, but change a lot of things (in a) team. That’s not easy.”Ten Hag has struggled to implement the style of football that he wants, in particular the high temp, high pressing intensity that his Ajax side is famous for. [caption id="attachment_270281" align="alignnone" width="1850"]
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“It’s obvious what he wants to do, he wants to build up from the back,” continued Klopp, who had to do a similar job in terms of tactics when he arrived in 2015.
“We played them in the pre-season obviously. There, you could see and feel the high-press idea and these kinds of things.
“We were, for sure, not ready for that game in the pre-season. We made some mistakes but they used them really well.Explore more on these topics: