Jurgen Klopp blames English TV broadcasters over harming Liverpool's quadruple hopes

dailystar.co.uk:

Jurgen Klopp has blasted TV execs for their fixture scheduling and blamed them for no English side ever completing a quadruple.Liverpool will face Bayern Munich or Villarreal in the Champions League semi-finals if they hold on to a 3-1 lead against Benfica on Wednesday.

But that would mean the first leg of the last-four clash will likely come on the Wednesday before a 12.30pm kick-off away at Newcastle on Saturday May 30.Klopp said: “If we get through, we have a semi final and then BT and the Premier League thought we should have Newcastle away at 12.30. “The schedule, and how people use the fame in the moment - Liverpool is hot and everyone wants to see them - they couldn’t care less the TV stations.

It’s just not ok.“If we play a Champions League semi final, find me another league in the world and another broadcaster who would put the one team in the semi-finals - it might be two or three English teams - on at 12.30.“It's like, 'Throw them a little stick between the legs!' What?

What are you doing? Why would you do that? That's why it's so difficult, that's why it never happens, because nobody cares. It’s unbelievably difficult.” Liverpool have already won the Carabao Cup but after their clash with Benfica they face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.