Champions League
Van Dyke: ‘Klopp told us to go out and show how badly we want to get to the final’
Virgil Van Dyke revealed Jurgen Klopp’s inspirational words to his players at half-time as the Germany manager urged them to show how badly they want to qualify for the Champions League final.
After the first 45′ in Therana, Jürgen Klopp saw Liverpool go into the dressing room 2-0 and give up the lead at Anfield against Villarreal.
The German coach had to flip the ‘switch’ and he did, as the Reds went into the second half dynamically and pulled off a big upset that got them a ticket to the grand final of the Champions League.
Speaking to BT Sports after his team’s big surprise, Virgil van Dyke revealed the animations Klopp said to his players:
“He told us: ‘Play football.’ Play for Liverpool like you’ve been doing all season Take the ball, make lots of moves with the ball and stay behind the last line of defense.” With the speed we have, we can confuse them and we We have to show how badly we want to get to the final.”we ate so well pthe second half “.
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