A thrilling quarter-final second leg saw the Reds recover from 2-0 and 3-1 down to score three times in the last 24 minutes and knock out the Germans.
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“It’s not about dreaming about the Champions League or dreaming about the final”.
Liverpool FC might have been involved in one of the most thrilling European nights ever seen at Anfield on Thursday night.
“I said after the Aston Villa game that I will not say we are safe – we’ve still got five games to play”.
In the shorter term Klopp hopes the knock-on effect will be felt by his own players.
However, Press Association Sport understands Liverpool’s medical team are hopeful the lay-off will only be four weeks, meaning the Germany global would have a chance of making the Europa League final should the club get past Villarreal in the last four.
And he believes this week provided an important lesson in the side’s development. There is hope for a few things.
“He probably needs an attacking midfielder, although again, he’s has some good players there already”. Most players are not involved in this kind of drama – in a positive way.
“We have to make changes for sure”.
“But that doesn’t mean anything about your game – only we should not do this again”.
“I have not had many games like this, but being involved in these games is a big benefit and you can use it”.
The setback comes just a week after fellow midfielder Jordan Henderson also suffered a potentially season-ending injury. He has the consolation of Lucas Leiva’s return from injury, while Joe Allen, James Milner and rookie Kevin Stewart can share responsibilities for the remaining games.
He said: “He [Can] is injured”.
“He played really enormous football, that was good to see”. If we can beat them, we can beat anyone and hopefully we can now go on to win some silverware. Contract talks at the moment?
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Klopp added: “He deserves a future here, of course”. I really like the way they handled the situation and found the solutions.
