Speaking with Sky Sports after his side’s penalty dismay at the hands of Manchester City, Klopp gave his assessments on the events at Wembley.
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Can scored Liverpool’s first kick of the shoot-out with an impudent “Panenka” but Caballero was equal to each of their following three efforts.
Man City goalkeeper Willy Caballero believes he has repaid manager Manuel Pellegrini’s faith to select him for the final following his heroics during the penalty shootout.
“I am happy to have won a title in February”.
“If my press officer would allow me to say s***, I’d say s***”.
The keeper was a virtual spectator for the first 90 minutes that ended 1-1. He was the hero of the day.
“We know how important it is now to recover all the players and majority be fit for that period because we have a lot of big games coming up now until the end”.
“Not everybody has to learn it like this – I won my first final”. I’m very happy for Willy Caballero, I think he deserved his moment.
On a dramatic weekend in the Premier League, Arsenal’s 3-2 loss at Manchester United was a boost for City, but Zabaleta says that his team must only focus on the trip to Liverpool as defeat could spell disaster.
“Winning the Europa League can save the season and the Premier League is not done yet”, said the centre-back. It was important and we lost, so that feels not too good. “We said before the game we needed we leave everything out there, and we certainly did that”. That’s what we know. “But saying that, if you [ask] me what way I prefer to win, I prefer to win this way”.
“He had problems with a muscle when he shot the penalty, so I think he is not available”.
City had numerous chances to extend their lead prior to Philippe Coutinho’s late equaliser, with Klopp feeling it was an even contest for 120 minutes.
Lucas suffered a muscular injury taking a penalty at Wembley and is likely to miss the City game, but no decision has yet been made on Daniel Sturridge, who suffered from cramp on Sunday. It is not the best moment but tomorrow morning maybe we can change everything. We’ll have to wait a few more hours.
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“I’m happy for the performance of the team against a very hard side in Liverpool, everyone remembers the game we lost at the Etihad”.
