Jakarta –
Jürgen Klopp disappointed with the appearance Liverpool, especially in the first half, fought back Real Madrid. He admits his team doesn’t deserve more results.
Liverpool lost 1-3 when they traveled to Real Madrid headquarters at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Wednesday (7/4/2021) early morning WIB, in the first leg of the quarter-finals Champions League. ‘The Red’ performed poorly in the first half so that Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio broke into them.
Mohamed Salah revived Liverpool’s chances at the start of the second half. But when I just got a fresh breeze, Real Madrid back to widen the gap through Vinicius.
But overall, Manager Liverpool Juergen Klopp admitted that his team did not play well enough. After not having a single shot in the first half, Liverpool recorded seven attempts in the second half and only one was on target.
“If you want to go to the semifinals, you have to prepare yourself to get that right. We didn’t do it tonight, especially in the first half,” he said. Jürgen Klopp to BT Sport quoted BBC.
“The only good thing I can say apart from the goal is, this is just the first meeting. We really didn’t play good enough football to give more problems to the team. Real Madrid.”
“We made the match too easy for them. These mistakes can happen anyway. We didn’t deserve more, but at least that one goal and the second half went quite well. That gives us hope,” continued the German.
Liverpool must now win by at least two goals at Anfield in the second leg to qualify for the semifinals Champions League.
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