We are not Barcelona: Klopp
Apr 25, 2018 at 1:44 PM
When it was looking like, Liverpool are completely finishing things off in the first leg with a 5-0 lead, Roma came back with two crucial away goals to make the tie alive again.
After the two away goals conceded, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp rightly so believes Liverpool are not assured of a place in the Champions League final.
A sensational individual performance from Mohamed Salah, who scored a first-half brace and produced two assists after the break, built a 5-0 lead at a deafening Anfield on Tuesday.
But, after Salah was substituted, Roma scored late away goals through Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti, ensuring a repeat of the Giallorossi’s stunning 3-0 home win over Barcelona in the last round would send them through.
Klopp told in the post-match conference:
“I learned tonight we can still win in Rome, they need to score against us, It’s much better than I expected before the game but already I’m more interested in the Stoke game than the second leg against Roma.”
The Liverpool manager also took a dig at the Spanish club Barcelona and said he believes his side will fight with all they have considering to the fact that they didn’t won anything recently unlike Barcelona.
“We are not Barcelona, they are one of the best two or three teams in the world and won so many things – we didn’t. We will fight with all we have.”
“The atmosphere tonight was absolutely outstanding and everyone who has a ticket I expect the same on Saturday [at home against Stoke City], because we need it.
“It’s a massive game, we need to be ready, we will try everything we can to be ready for that.”
When asked about the injury of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain:
“To be honest the biggest blow in the dressing room is [Oxlade-Chamberlain’s] injury. Conceding two goals is not what we want but we can’t change it, that’s football.”
Liverpool will take on Roma in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final on 2nd April.