Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp revealed he broke a promise to his gamers by evaluating Wednesday’s 4-1 win at residence to Luton City to their memorable comeback in opposition to Barcelona in 2019.
The Reds needed to come from a purpose all the way down to beat a resilient Hatters facet, with Chiedozie Ogbene giving the guests a shock first-half lead.
Anxiousness and stress elevated round Anfield till Virgil van Dijk equalised on 56 minutes. Lower than 120 seconds later, Cody Gakpo put Liverpool forward for the primary time on the night time.
Luis Diaz then added a 3rd for the hosts earlier than Harvey Elliott rounded off the scoring in stoppage time as Liverpool moved 4 factors clear on the prime of the Premier League desk.
Talking post-match, Klopp admitted this victory was harking back to his facet’s 4-0 win in opposition to Barcelona within the semi-finals of the 2018/19 Champions League, overturning a 3-0 deficit from the primary leg.
“Tonight is a kind of nights the place it’s troublesome to cease speaking. I’m so comfortable,” Klopp mentioned.
“We needed to ignore the very fact we had been 1-0 down and use the issues which might be good and enhance the counter-press. The second half was a thunderstorm. Wow.
“I’ll point out this sport from now fairly just a few occasions. I promised my crew just a few months in the past that I might by no means point out or use the Barcelona sport for example and I used it once more at this time so I broke my promise.
“Simply because earlier than the sport, it was type of related. Many gamers lacking, stuff like this. The crew that point ignored the very fact who’s lacking and I need us to disregard the very fact who’s lacking.
“That’s troublesome as a result of the general public received the entire information of who’s lacking solely tonight. It is like… I wanted a couple of minutes to course of it once I received all of the information.
“However from that second on, when you recognize how one can take care of it and type it for this sport, it feels actually good. That’s what I wished the boys to point out.
“That is an instance tonight. That is their Barcelona, now in opposition to Luton. A troublesome scenario, loads of causes to surrender in moments: not tonight and I noticed solely an excellent group preventing.
“In case you do not restrict your self with unhealthy ideas, you possibly can fly. And that is what the boys did.”
Liverpool return to motion on Sunday after they tackle Chelsea within the Carabao Cup closing at Wembley.
