“Chelsea are too strong not to have space throughout the game, but in the beginning we were brilliant”. “We played football like hell”. “We must feel the danger and sometimes we don’t, that is the truth”. We scored the goal and created chances, so, for this reason, I waited to make the substitutions. We were quick in mind.
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Chelsea is struggling to replace the man who prevents these things from happening: John Terry. If not for a purple patch in the second half, the score would have been a disastrous result. It was getting intense.
About Klopp and the team’s performance, he said, “We know what we need to do when we come to away games, especially against big teams like Chelsea”. When we have the ball, playing; when they have the ball, defending. It was absolutely OK.
“Two weeks ago everybody was asking what’s wrong with Liverpool in the transfer market – why have they not got five midfielders and eight new left-backs – but now these boys are starting in one of the most hard fixtures in football, and we deserve the result tonight”, he added.
Former Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge had an early sighter as his shot was fumbled by Thibaut Courtois – with the ball squirming underneath the Belgian’s body but stopping short of the line.
“He did well and gets the benefit of all the hard work with a wonderful, wonderful strike”.
“I had a good feeling going into the game”, Henderson said after the 2-1 win for his side. After the match, David Luiz talked to Sky Sports about what went wrong, with special emphasis on the first goal (not much to analyze on the other goal, a ideal hit following an imperfect clearance).
The hosts failed to react and the outlook grew darker for them with Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson’s magnificent goal in the 36th minute.
“It gives good confidence but we have to keep doing what we keep doing”.
The Blues suffered a lapse of concentration to allow Dejan Lovren, returning after an eye injury, to open the scoring with a far post finish before Jordan Henderson unleashed a contender for Goal of the Season with a 30-yard screamer into the top corner.
“We always know it’s a tough game here to play but I think we did brilliantly”.
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“But when you give away two goals in this way, i think it’s very hard”.
