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title: "Fergie: Things are looking up for Liverpool under Klopp"
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# Fergie: Things are looking up for Liverpool under Klopp

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confessed that he is concerned that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is turning things around at Anfield.

The German suffered his second defeat as the Reds’ manager against Newcastle United on Sunday, but Ferguson believes the ex-Borussia Dortmund coach will reinvigorate the Merseysiders.

At the TechCrunch event in London, [Ferguson said](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/12036976/Jurgen-Klopp-worries-me-says-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-on-new-Liverpool-manager.html) of Klopp: “I’m worried about him because the one thing United don’t want is Liverpool to get above us.

“He’s a fantastic personality, with those big white teeth always showing. Even at Newcastle when they lost the second goal he goes over to Steve McClaren to congratulate him. That’s class, that. And the work he did at Dortmund.

“I know him quite well from the coaching seminars. He’s going to make a difference at that club with his personality, drive and knowledge. Things are looking up there.”

![Michael Regan/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readliverpoolfc.com/readliverpoolfc/2015/12/500194012.jpg)

Klopp’s demeanour in news conferences has gone down well with the media, and Ferguson, a master of mind games whilst in charge at Manchester United, spoke of the importance of staying composed in front of the press.

“You have to win twice on a Saturday,” said Ferguson. “You have to win the game and you have to win the press conference. Some managers fail, simply because they lack experience or they’re emotional.

“You have to gather yourself. I used to wash my face before a press conference. Sometimes you’re forced to go to the press conference immediately and you have to be thinking quickly about how you deal with it. It’s an important part.

“You have to give a message to your fans because they’re watching. They want to see their manager come out with a positive attitude and not a beaten man.

“Time and again you see coaches come out a beaten man after a few difficult questions about how the team played and why they lost.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readliverpoolfc.com/readliverpoolfc/2015/12/858218831.jpg)

“I tended to waffle a bit when there was a difficult question to make sure my thinking was right. You’ve got to handle the press. It’s a very difficult part of it.”

Liverpool currently sit six points behind both of their rivals from Manchester, having failed to capitalise on the pair of them dropping points on Saturday.

United go to Anfield on January 17 in what could be an important game in terms of deciding who finishes in the top four – or even as champions.

In the season immediately following Ferguson’s Old Trafford departure, the Reds finished five places above United in the league, but a disappointing 2014-15 campaign saw Louis van Gaal’s men regain the upper hand in their rivalry.