Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Jurgen Klopp’s response after defeating Manchester United
By db-admin
DBasia.news – Liverpool scored a goal against Manchester United in the English Premier League 2022-2023 continuation week.
The Reds mercilessly defeated Man United at Anfield, with a parade of seven goals without reply, which made the Red Devils sluggish.
Goal after goal was presented by Cody Gakpo’s brace, Darwin Nunez, and the record scorer Mohamed Salah. While one additional goal was scored by Roberto Firmino.
Jurgen Klopp was in awe of the mad play of his team. The Liverpool manager from Germany also had a hard time expecting to win until 7-0.
“Strange result, top performance. A great performance from the start, I think the way we started the game was special, the best in a while.” he explained after the match.
“We were there, we were aggressive but we played football. We were calm in the right moments, lively, active in the other moments [and] after 25 minutes it opened up a bit,” he added.
The Reds ended the first half with a 1-0 lead thanks to Gakpo’s goal. At first it wasn’t easy for Liverpool, even though it looked promising, but Gakpo’s goal was an important turning point.
“The second half started, I don’t think the second half could have started better with the two goals we forced in there and from then on the players flew. Then it was tough to play against us and as I said, the performance was important, three points is more important, and results are just results.”