Jurgen Klopp finally got his title, as the monsters of the Liverpool mentality responded in Villarreal to reserve a place in the Champions League final!
Here are three key points from the boss after Liverpool retained their place in the Champions League final:
“Feels like the first”
The third final of the Champions League with Liverpool is just amazing. And how does it feel, Jurgen?
“Exceptional, massive, it feels like the first one because it’s always so special,” he said.
“For me, this is the best club competition in the world, I love it and I love the sounds, the nights.
“We deserved it and it’s really great. Mass of the boys.
“Before the game, I told the boys that I would like to read the headlines that say, ‘The mental monsters are in town.’
“I wanted from the first moment to be someone who goes for the victory. I couldn’t see that, but it was the second half. ”
What a group of heroes.
Half time conversation
There could be no sugar coverage of the performance in the first half, Liverpool was the second best with some distance and a lot had to change at halftime.
So what was said?
“It was really hard for us to get started, we were obviously impressed,” Klopp said.
“We didn’t have a real build-up, we didn’t play in the right spaces and then we kicked long balls somewhere and tried to force it.
“We just explained to the boys where we need to play, what we need to do, where we need to be stronger and move smarter.
“We didn’t move enough, the previous three were too fixed – we had to mix this up to cause them problems. We played in their hands. “
There is no story to tell about Giotto
There were a number of changes Klopp could make at halftime, such as the performance, but it was only Luis Diaz for Diogo Jota.
The manager liked what he saw from number 23, but was quick to insist that there should be no story about Giotto’s retirement.
“He made a huge impact, but what I don’t like is the next story that Diogo Jota was our problem.
“He was not our problem at all in the first half, not at all!
“We had 11 problems in the first half, we just had to mix them up.”
Liverpool had 11 problems, but Giotto is not one.
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