Jurgen Klopp plays down 'crazy' quadruple hopes as Liverpool prepare for FA Cup test

Jurgen Klopp has said it is “crazy” to suggest that Liverpool can win the quadruple by pointing out that no English club has ever done that.

Liverpool secured the first silverware of the season by overcoming Chelsea on penalties in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday and host Norwich on Wednesday with a place in the last eight of the FA Cup at stake.

They are on course to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League after winning the first leg of their tie against Internazionale 2-0 in Italy, though Klopp pointed out that they still trail Manchester City in the Premier League, with Pep Guardiola’s side six points clear.

And Klopp said: “No team in the history of English football has won the quadruple. That is because it is incredibly difficult. We are not close to thinking about any crazy stuff like that. Even City, with all the quality they have, in the last years couldn’t win the quadruple. That says pretty much everything.”

City did a domestic treble in 2019, when they were knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals. Manchester United are the only English club to win the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup in the same season, courtesy of Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999.

Liverpool have done two other trebles, with Joe Fagan’s team winning the old Division 1, the European Cup and the FA Cup in 1984 and Gerard Houllier’s side lifted both domestic cups and the Uefa Cup in 2001.

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While Trent Alexander-Arnold captioned a picture of himself with the League Cup “1/4”, his manager does not welcome talk of the quadruple as praise.

“I don’t want these kind of compliments,” Klopp said. “We are close to nothing at the moment. It is better people