Liverpool boss Jurgen Kolopp is proud of Liverpool's 2-1 Champions League win over Milan on Tuesday night. Serie A leaders need a win to qualify for the round of 16, while Liverpool are already at the top of the group stage, but they are also fighting for history: one victory will make them the first England team to win all six group games. They trailed Fikayo Tomori's goal, but Mohammed Salah's goal and Divok Origi's header turned the tide and Liverpool took the victory despite eight changes to the starting line-up.
In an interview with BT Sport after the game, Klopp was asked how proud he was of his team. "Very, honestly, because of the sixth game," he began. "When I said before the game that I chose the squad because we wanted to win the game, everyone said 'hmm'." But we need a fresh squad today, we need to be eager to play this game, which is really hard in a busy schedule. ”。 We have to be ready for the next game.
"I can't be so proud of what the kids did tonight, it was an incredible game. I'm happy to see so much tonight. ”。“ We won the game but the performance was absolutely outstanding. There were 21 shots on goal and 21 we ended a game. In many cases, we played very well and defended with passion and organization. ”
Nat Phillips played as centre-back and won a match against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, even beating the legendary goalscorer with Cruyff turning inside his own penalty area. Kolopp was caught on camera and asked about it after the game, and he was pleased with the tall defender's responsiveness.