Europa League finalists Liverpool eased to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Watford at Anfield this afternoon thanks to goals from Joe Allen and Roberto Firmino.
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The two actually performed reasonably well, giving an effective showing as Liverpool kept out Watford’s best efforts.
Demand for tickets will therefore far outstrip supply among supporters, and Liverpool manager Klopp made headlines on Friday when he urged Reds fans to head to Switzerland en masse regardless of whether they are able to enter the stadium.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side will face reigning champions Sevilla in the Europa League final and Moreno was part of the first Los Rojiblancos side to win the trophy in 2014. I have to take back the invitation. Please, only people with tickets should go there, because otherwise everything else will be chaos. It’s really, really important you listen.
Watford were caught cold by a quickly taken free-kick as Benteke nodded Coutinho’s cross into Allen’s path and the Wales worldwide beat Gomes to the ball, stabbing home with the game’s first shot on target. Watford were content to sit deep with two banks of four and hit Klopp’s team on the counter-attack, an approach that may have paid dividends but for late interventions by Liverpool defenders and hesitancy in front of Simon Mignolet’s goal.
Ighalo, who had scored 16 goals this season, has gone 11 league games without finding the net.
The young Liverpool side struggled for cohesion in the final third, but Coutinho provided a warning with a bending effort that just cleared the post. Statistically, Liverpool were given £1.9m for playing in the group stages, £280,000 for every game they won and £100,000 for a draw. In good teams with more good players than you need you have situations like this.
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The England global has scored eight goals and created five chances in 13 Premier League appearances for Liverpool this campaign.
