Virgil van Dijk & Trent Alexander-Arnold Revealed. What Jürgen Klopp told his players at half-time ahead of Liverpool‘s comeback win over Villarreal last night.
Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold Reveals what manager Jurgen Klopp told Liverpool players during half-time of last night’s Champions League semi-final second leg (Tuesday 3 May 2022) against Villa. Real until inspiring them to come back to win in the end.
The first 45 minutes of the UFABET game didn’t turn out to be what most people expected as Liverpool , who had held a 2-0 advantage in the first leg, were leveled on aggregate by Bullay Dilla and Francis. Coquelin has led home fans to believe one of the most memorable Champions League twists is on the way, however goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane paired up. Along with Keronimo Ruyi’s poor defensive goal duties, the hopes of Unai Emery’s side will end the Premier League giants.
Villarreal qualified for the last four after knocking out Juventus and Bayern Munich, but Klopp is confident his team will not meet the same fate. Van Dijk opened up about the manager’s advice. His team at halftime in an interview with BT Sport after the match.
The Netherlands international said Klopp told the team: ‘Play football! Play the Liverpool way we have played all season! Speed up and do what needs to be done, moving more with the ball. and behind the support with the speed we have We have to blend them together. And we need to show how much we want to go to the final. And in the second half we played very well.”
Van Dijk was frank in his assessment of Liverpool’s shortcomings in the first half and admitted his team were at fault in ‘Wrong decision’ ‘ We don’t play enough football. when we got the ball We don’t move much. So we made the wrong decision,” he added. “You lose the ball in difficult situations when you play wide sometimes. To concede a goal early in the game after three minutes puts even more pressure on us.”
The Dutch international added that the analysis of the game’s weakness immediately after the final whistle was too demanding. “If we think about the first half after we just got to Paris, (Passing to play in the final) I think we’re too strict with ourselves. I think we can’t overlook the value of what we’ve accomplished this season either. and we will go on There are a few more weeks that we are looking forward to. So we will enjoy it and look forward to it.”
Alexander-Arnold revealed Klopp was unhappy with the team’s performance in the first half. and told the team to go back and play football as they used to When asked what they discussed during halftime Alexander-Arnold told BT Sport: “We just have to play the way we want to play. The first half looked like we didn’t play football.” “We never got the second ball. And they play the games they want – and we let them do that.” “It was difficult for us. As I said, we don’t play football at all. But in the second half we came out to play the way we wanted. Controlled the game a lot better.” “It was a bad half for us from two legs. We can accept that as long as we get the job done and we do that today.”
The win also means Klopp has led Liverpool to three of the last five Champions League finals. Along the way as a manager of a German coach. Like Sir Alex Ferguson, he has now reached several finals of European football’s top level .