DBasia.news – Jurgen Klopp never stopped laughing when he recalled the moment when his team, Liverpool, eliminated Barcelona in the 2018-19 Champions League semifinals.
Liverpool escaped the pinhole when entertaining Barcelona in the second leg. At the first meeting, Mohamed Salah and his friends lost 3-0. That means, the chances of the Reds to escape are very slim.
Nevertheless, Liverpool appear agile and managed to lead 4-0 at the end of the game. One of Liverpool’s goals was created by an unusual process when Trent Alexander-Arnold took a quick corner.
The ball results from the England national team player received Divock Origi. As a result, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, who at that time kept the Barcelona goalkeeper unable to do much.
When discussing the match at the event LFC TV with Pep Lijnders, Jurgen Klopp doesn’t stop laughing. He also did not believe Liverpool could score through the scheme.
“The goal is very difficult to solve, it is very, very easy. Football is always like that, some gain goals, some make mistakes,” said Klopp as reported by LFC TV.
“Yes, indeed there were some mistakes we made. However, it was clear in that match that Barcelona did not expect us to take a corner quickly. The goal I will never forget,” he continued.
In the end, Liverpool advanced to the final and faced Tottenham Hotspur who got rid of Ajax Amsterdam. In the match held at Wanda Metropolitano, the Reds came out as leaders after winning 2-0.
That success at once made up for Liverpool’s failure in one previous edition. At that time, the Reds were bent by Real Madrid in the top game.