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Coach Klopp can help Liverpool win EPL: Defender Hummels

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Dortmund: German football club Borussia Dortmund’s defender Mats Hummels believes his former head coach Jurgen Klopp can end Liverpool’s trophy drought and steer them to the English Premier League (EPL) crown.

Hummels was a key member of Klopp’s former team Dortmund which won back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. Klopp was last Thursday named as Liverpool coach and will have his first EPL battle on Saturday as his team faces Tottenham Hotspurs.

“I am convinced Klopp can win the league at Liverpool,” the German international was quoted as saying by mirror.co.uk on Friday.

“He has shown he doesn’t need the biggest transfer budget or the biggest name to win the biggest trophies.”

Hummels, however believes Klopp needs time to settle down at Liverpool and then take on the other heavyweights in the league.

“Of course there are teams in England that have no financial restrictions when it comes to buying players, but he showed at Dortmund that he has the intelligence to combat that. Perhaps not immediately, but in time I am sure that he can,” the 26-year-old 2014 FIFA World Cup winner said.

“He is a winner, I know him. His long term goal won’t just be to qualify for the Champions League, and settle for that.

“It will be to challenge Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal for the title, and he is absolutely capable of doing that.”

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.

Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.

Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”

Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.

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