Jurgen Klopptechnician of Liverpoolpraised his team’s game this Wednesday against Villarreal in the first leg of the semifinals of the Champions Leagueput a point of sanity despite the result and said that only half of the work is done.
“We had to play the second half like the first half, without losing concentration, with intensity. With the effort to lose a ball and recover it immediately and we did it. We played a really good game”, explained the German coach at a press conference .
“It’s 2-0 and half the work is done. The environment that they are going to propose there is going to be very complicated. They are going to fight with everything they have. I can’t respect them more. The way they have approached the match today It has been very good. They have given us a lesson,” he added.
The German coach was reminded of the 2018 semi-finals, when they comfortably beat Roma, but denied they could be trusted.
“We didn’t go to Rome thinking that we already had it done and that we had passed. That team came from eliminating the Barcelona. We haven’t thought for a second about that game,” he said. Klopp.
On the key to the match against him Villarreal, Klopp he pointed out that they needed to score goals, because against such pressured teams, “if they get out they can be a real threat”. “Most of the time we defended very well,” he added.
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