“Their second goal was fantastic, the first one was a quick free-kick and we must pay attention to this sort of thing because they started better than us”.
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“We played football like hell”, Klopp told Sky Sports. “It was really nice to watch”.
‘In the first half we ran more than Chelsea for sure.
Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Klopp couldn’t contain his glee at the defender’s goal, leaping out of his seat and pumping his fists.
They also claimed a 1-1 draw at Manchester United in last season’s Europa League last-16 second leg, following a 2-0 first-leg win at Anfield.
“We’re acting like a team and the spirit around the club is ideal”.
It’s important to understand that every single game is very tough and we mustn’t forget last season. His last loss on home turf came as the manager of Juventus in January 2013.
Having won at Arsenal and drawn at Tottenham, Liverpool ended Chelsea’s unbeaten start in the league at Stamford Bridge, where the visitors posted consecutive wins for only the second time in 40 years.
“Our build-up was brilliant in the first half”.
Roared on by a home crowd sensing a comeback, Chelsea continued to press forward but found no way past Liverpool’s resolute defense. Because this is not the first time this has happened.
Slack marking left Sadio Mane and Lovren unmarked and it was the Croatian – back in the team after an eye injury – who seized the chance, beating Courtois with an adroit side-foot volley.
AC Milan managed to get past Sampdoria after Carlos Bacca scored a late victor to give the former Serie A champions their first win of the season.
Needless to say, Jurgen Klopp was pretty pleased with his team’s performance.
“When you finish the season in 10th place it means you have to work very hard to improve and not repeat the bad season. It was well deserved”.
Diego Costa’s second half strike proved to be little more than a consolation and showed that his brilliance alone won’t to be enough for the Blues if they don’t solidify their defending. Costa pulled one back in the 61st minute after poking home a cleverly-chipped pass from Nemanja Matic, which James Milner just barely failed to keep from crossing the goal line.
The Brazil-born Spain worldwide scored a late equaliser at Swansea and he threatened to do the same here, brilliantly gathering Oscar’s headed knock-down and lashing a shot at Mignolet.
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Klopp insisted there was no reason to be concerned over the fitness of striker Daniel Sturridge, who was replaced by Divock Origi after 12 minutes of the second half.
