“But I have tried to be involved and I have spoken to the players a lot”. We are here with one of the best first-leg results you can get. “That you have to accept. It’s very hard but you have to accept that”, said the manager. “I think we have very good examples of how we have to play”, Herrera told reporters at the pre-match press conference.
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“It’s a chance for Man United because everything can happen, but we know how to play them”, the Reds boss added.
The Reds will know they can kill off the contest with an early goal at Old Trafford, but should United score early, it will set the remainder of the game up to be a thrilling contest. Four times previously in Europe, they lost away by two goals only to win the tie at Old Trafford.
“We beat you at times down the years, but whenever we went into a season, or a game, we always felt we were chasing you”, Carragher said.
“You can make mistakes but if you do so many things in the right way no-one remembers your faults or mistakes”. “We have a small advantage (after drawing 1-1 in Prague), considering that we only need a 0-0 to qualify”.
Liverpool got the weekend off while Manchester United drew 1-1 with West Ham in the Sixth Round of the FA Cup. But this Liverpool side should have taken great encouragement from how we outplayed United at Anfield last week. It is really important that we do not concede because we will create chances, something that we weren’t doing a number of weeks ago, but now we have a lot of crosses and a lot of players in the box. Liverpool are in a very good form.
The trio – much like most of their team-mates – were ineffective and outclassed by Liverpool on Thursday, with only goalkeeper David de Gea emerging with any credit. Also from the Europa League, Fox Sports 2 has a close series with Valencia a goal down against Athletic.
“It’s not the Manchester United crowd against the Liverpool crowd”.
Klopp has guided Liverpool to three consecutive wins since the disappointment of penalty shootout defeat in the Capital One Cup final last month and the whole group is focused on the task at hand after a full week off since the first leg.
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United were outplayed by their arch rivals in last week’s last 16, first leg clash at Anfield, giving them an uphill battle to keep alive their hopes of winning the competition and qualify for next season’s Champions League.
