Jürgen Klopp appeared before the media again before facing Benfica tomorrow and with the aim of closing the pass to the semifinals of the Champions League. After 1-3 in the first leg, Liverpool have a considerable advantage but the German coach did not consider the tie closed: “there is a lot to do…”.
His duel against City in four days: “The next game doesn’t influence tomorrow’s line-up, but the last one does. The schedule is super intense. To my knowledge no one is injured but we have to see who is fresher. It’s a super important game. We tried something as difficult as win the Champions League and now we can reach the semi-finals”.
His party in Lisbon: “We were good at Benfica’s field, I liked it. The main objective again is to be the only team that nobody wants to play with. The team was very aggressive in the football sense, defending well, we know more how they play. They wanted to isolate Darwin with Konate The speed with Rafa Silva… there is a lot to do”.
On Guardiola’s future: “I saw Guardiola saying that he could be at City forever and are you cheeky enough to say that? It’s not good. Pep’s future has nothing to do with mine.”
The handling of the result: “3-1 at half-time is just as complicated as 2-0. A good base, but if they score one, like we felt against Inter, the game changes. We feel it when they scored last week. I really need to make them feel that this is a place they don’t want to go.”
Rotations: “We have to make these (five) changes. We have to maintain our level of performance and that is only possible (with the changes). We have 50 games in our legs.”
Luis Díaz and his adaptation: “I didn’t know how much Luis Diaz enjoys training. I’m not sure I’ve seen someone like that before, always smiling. How quickly has he adapted? No, we didn’t. All the players we’ve signed in the last few are happy. This It’s not the worst place in the world.”