Asked whether he expected to receive some text messages from his former teammates before the Wembley final on February 28, Sterling told Sky Sports News he would be focused on lifting his first trophy in a City shirt.
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“I think the reaction of us all is pure disappointment because on the night we were by far the better team”, Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said.
Although Liverpool’s inconsistency has seen them fall behind in the chase for a top-four Premier League finish, and a place in the Champions League, their cup form suggests Klopp could make an immediate winning start to his career as the Merseyside club’s manager. It’s great to live here and live in the surroundings to meet people – even when you meet Everton fans!
Leading 1-0 courtesy of Jordon Ibe’s first-leg victor at the Britannia Stadium, Liverpool saw their advantage wiped out in first-half stoppage time at Anfield when Marko Arnautovic swept home a cross from Bojan Krkic despite appearing to be in an offside position. It is a prospect Klopp relishes.
Depsite the loss to Liverpool, Whelan remains upbeat after his side’s efforts over two legs in that semi-final agianst Liverpool.
Speaking after the game to the Liverpool Echo as reported by the Daily Mirror, Klopp was delighted with how Flanagan had performed, described him as his man of the match and was pleasantly surprised at how he fared.
“Stoke changed their style today, it was (goalkeeper Jack) Butland to Crouch so it was hard to defend”, he said. But you need luck in a penalty shoot-out and we got it.
“Nobody gave us a chance – why they would do that I don’t know”.
“The atmosphere was quite something…when they named all the players and there were fireworks going off, I kept jumping up and down. If we can win it again we will be very happy”.
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“We just couldn’t get that second goal and I think Liverpool would be honest to say they were grateful to get to penalties”. I just took one and put it in the same corner and that probably made my mind up and that is the reason I went with that pen and thankfully it came off.
