After the 1:5 and 1:6 debacles with Liverpool in the round of 16 of the Europa League, Sparta Football received harsh criticism from the English media.
“Liverpool was rampant, but the Czech champions were completely hopeless. It is difficult to imagine a team as weak as Sparta in the knockout stage of the European Cups,” wrote the best-selling newspaper The Sun.
“If Salah played every week against teams as bad as Sparta, he would end every season with 80 goals,” the newspaper continued.
Although the Egyptian striker Muhammad Salah is only playing after his injury and appeared in the starting line-up on Thursday for the first time since the beginning of January, he nevertheless scored one goal and assisted on three more in the return.
But because Salah doesn’t play every week against teams like Sparta, he “only” scored his 20th goal of the season. He managed to do it for the seventh time in a row, which no other Liverpool player has done so far.
That the “Reds” are completely different from the team from Letná was proven by the Liverpool newspaper Echo, and the pictures after the end of the match.
“If the total score on the board wasn’t enough, the sight of Prague’s players bouncing around in front of their great fans after such a resounding defeat was further evidence that the visitors were simply delighted to be here at Anfield against Liverpool,” the author noted. .
The winners, on the other hand, made it clear according to the British media that they would rather be in the Champions League than in a lower level competition.
“Klopp’s side are too good for this competition and they made it very clear with such an annihilation of an opponent in the last eight,” wrote the Echo.
“Liverpool know that there will be a much tougher opponent from today’s draw,” added The Sun with the prospect of a quarter-final opponent whose name will be known at Anfield this afternoon.
Currently, the second team of the English league, with an easy progress with a total score of 11:2, ideally tuned in to the next match on the home stage.
“It was a fitting way for Liverpool to shake up Manchester United ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup quarter-final at Old Trafford,” wrote The Guardian.
“Klopp could afford such a luxury before the United duel that he replaced the traditional supports of Darwin Núñez, Joe Gomez and Wataru Endo at halftime,” he added.
2024-03-15 08:16:17
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