Reds coach Jürgen Klopp prefers to stay on the sidelines after his side’s 2-0 win over Villarreal in the Champions League semi-final first leg.
Jürgen Klopp, the Liverpool coach who beat Villarreal 2-0 in the Champions League semi-final first leg at Anfield, said at a press conference:What I like the most about Villarreal is that as soon as they come off the pressure, they become a threat with passes through the centre. We had to put a lot of players to recover the ball and when we did not recover it, we were out of position. But we did it well. (For qualification) The work remains to be done, nothing is finished. We are 2-0 at half-time, we will have to be 100% concentrated, stay in the right attitude which is not to go there to defend anything. There will be a difficult atmosphere there, they give everything, they fight all the time. Maturity is one of our qualities. We talked about it during the break. We were in good shape in the first period, it was intense for us but it was also intense to defend for the opponent. We had to stay very positive, try, fail, try, fail, but try again. The best thing, on the return, will be to forget the 2-0 on the way out, to tell ourselves that we are 0-0 and to try to win on the return».