LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has criticised broadcasters over hectic match scheduling that he thinks is leading to more player injuries but his Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Jose Mourinho says he was dealing with the same problems 16 years ago.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced last season to finish late and the current campaign to be condensed into a shorter period.
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez face lengthy spells out following surgery, and the likes of Jordan Henderson, Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita also dealing with injuries.
Klopp says the scheduling of Champions League matches, which are broadcast by BT, and the Premier League, which is broadcast by Sky and BT, is putting a strain on players.
But Mourinho said Klopp had no choice but to get on with it.
“I arrived in (the Premier League) in 2004 so what he knows from 2015, I know since 2004,” Mourinho told a
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