MADRID, 15 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp, stressed this Wednesday that to “win the Champions League you have to be outstanding”, something that “was not” the English team in the knockout round of the Champions League against Real Madrid, who he was “better” to place himself among the “favourites” to lift the trophy.
“We arrived with the backpack we had, a three-goal difference. We didn’t make a special performance, it was a good performance, but Real Madrid always controlled the game, they had better chances, Courtois made two incredible saves. Real Madrid It has been better and that is why it is in the next phase”, analyzed the German coach at a press conference.
After losing the second leg of the match 1-0, which they reached with 2-5 at Anfield, Klopp was “disappointed, but not angry.” “I would be angry if it had been a little, because of a penalty, but in the end Real Madrid have played better. I’ve been in this for enough time to respect it,” he highlighted.
“With the history we have in this competition, we usually start with the idea of winning it, to be honest. We have reached the final several times, three in the last few years, I think that if you want to win the Champions League, you have to be outstanding and we don’t we have been”, lamented the German, who still hasn’t beaten Real Madrid with the ‘red’ club.
After acknowledging the superiority of the whites, he sees them as “favourites” to repeat the continental title this season, thanks to their “experience” and “confidence”. “But to win the competition (the champion) they are going to have to beat Real Madrid, Manchester City, Napoli, they are very good, there are very powerful teams left. Real Madrid is one of those who can win”, he qualified about the team that “probably” handles emotions better in the Champions League.
Finally, Klopp valued the “beautiful gesture” of Real Madrid, by putting the song ‘You’ll never walk alone’ over the stadium’s public address system after the final whistle, which accompanies the Liverpool tradition. “We are two heavyweights who meet frequently and have a lot of respect for each other,” he concluded.
