VILLARREAL: Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp has disclosed that he had told his boys ahead of the UEFA Champions League semifinal return leg against Villarreal at the El Madrigal stadium that the next morning he wanted the newspaper headlines to read like "The mentality monsters were in town".
The 54-year-old Klopp said that reaching the final was an outstanding achievement, and a very special occasion as the rivals were fighting really hard to negate the advantage of the first leg.
"Outstanding, massive, it feels like it's the first (entry into the Champions League final), to be honest, because it is always so special. It is, for me, the best club competition in the world. I love it, love the sound, everything, love the nights. It's incredible, what (Villarreal manager) Unai (Emery) is doing is incredible, how the players put us under pressure, everything is great. So it feels so special because it was so difficult for us, but in the end we deserved it as well and that's really cool," said Klopp on liverpoolfc.com.
Klopp has now led the club to three Champions League finals in five seasons and his side is the first in history to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League, the Emirates FA Cup and Carabao Cup in the same campaign. IANS
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