Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp evoked recollections of their well-known win over Barcelona in 2019 throughout their “thunderstorm” second-half comeback to beat Luton 4-1.
Trailing to Chiedozie Ogbene’s Twelfth-minute header, Klopp’s facet had been a special prospect after the break with Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliott citing 100 objectives for the season.
Whereas it on no account matched the magnitude of their Champions League semi-final comeback after shedding the primary leg 3-0 to the Catalan giants, it was vital when it comes to the title race – re-establishing a four-point lead over Manchester City – and the invigorating environment which the staff will undoubtedly should lean on through the run-in.
“Tonight is a type of nights the place it’s troublesome to cease speaking. I’m so blissful,” mentioned Klopp, who was with out 11 first-team gamers together with forwards Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez who stay uncertain for Sunday’s Carabao Cup last towards Chelsea.
“We needed to ignore the actual fact we had been 1-0 down and use the issues which might be good and enhance the counter-press. The second half was a thunderstorm. Wow.
“I’ll point out this sport from now fairly just a few occasions. I promised my staff just a few months in the past that I might by no means point out or use the Barcelona sport for instance and I used it once more right this moment so I broke my promise.
“Simply because earlier than the sport, it was sort of comparable. Many gamers lacking, stuff like this. The staff that point ignored the actual fact who’s lacking and I need us to disregard the actual fact who’s lacking.
“That’s troublesome as a result of the general public received the entire data of who’s lacking solely tonight. It’s like…I wanted a couple of minutes to course of it once I received all of the information.
“However from that second on, when you realize how one can take care of it and type it for this sport, it feels actually good. That’s what I needed the boys to point out.
“That is an instance tonight. That is their Barcelona, now towards Luton. A troublesome state of affairs, loads of causes to surrender in moments: not tonight and I noticed solely an excellent group combating.
“When you don’t restrict your self with unhealthy ideas, you may fly. And that’s what the boys did.”
Luton head coach Rob Edwards, whose facet had been spectacular within the first half, admitted scoring so early simply made their activity more durable.
“We simply made them offended,” he mentioned.
“General it was a extremely good first half. Second half I assumed we noticed Anfield, noticed Liverpool, noticed their full-throttle soccer. Their counter-pressing soccer was wonderful.
“Ultimately, it was an ideal studying curve for us to see what the very best appears to be like like. I do know they’d some gamers lacking, however their second-half efficiency was like the very best on the market.
“I assumed we had been very, excellent. They had been higher.”
