Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp compares ‘thunderstorm’ Luton win to 2019 Barcelona comeback in Champions League | Soccer Information

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s second-half efficiency in Wednesday’s win over Luton was like a “thunderstorm” – and can change 2019’s well-known comeback in opposition to Barcelona as his supply of inspiration for staff talks.

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 mentioning 100 targets for the season.

Whereas it certainly not matched the magnitude of their Champions League semi-final comeback after dropping the primary leg 3-0 to Barcelona, it was important within the title race as they stretched their lead over Man Metropolis to 4 factors, having performed a sport extra.

“Tonight is a type of nights the place it’s troublesome to cease speaking. I’m so blissful,” stated 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 closing in opposition to Chelsea, reside on Sky Sports activities.

“We needed to ignore the actual fact we had been 1-0 down and use the issues which can be good and enhance the counter-press. The second half was a thunderstorm. Wow.

“I’ll point out this sport from now fairly a number of occasions. I promised my staff a number of months in the past that I’d by no means point out or use the Barcelona sport for instance and I used it once more as we speak so I broke my promise.

“Simply because earlier than the sport, it was sort of related. 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 is like… I wanted a couple of minutes to course of it after I received all of the information.

“However from that second on, when you understand how one can cope with it and kind it for this sport, it feels actually good. That’s what I wished the boys to indicate.

“That is an instance tonight. That is their Barcelona, now in opposition to Luton. A troublesome state of affairs, loads of causes to surrender in moments: not tonight and I noticed solely a brilliant group combating.

“In the event you do not restrict your self with unhealthy ideas, you possibly can fly. And that is 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 job more durable.

“We simply made them offended,” he stated. “Total it was a extremely good first half. Second half I believed we noticed Anfield, noticed Liverpool, noticed their full-throttle soccer. Their counter-pressing soccer was wonderful.

“In the long run, it was an excellent studying curve for us to see what the most effective appears like. I do know they’d some gamers lacking, however their second-half efficiency was like the most effective on the market.

“I believed we had been very, superb. They had been higher.”

Liverpool’s win in stats

• Liverpool have recovered 22 factors from dropping positions within the Premier League this season, greater than every other facet, and their joint-most in a single marketing campaign within the competitors (additionally 22 in 2008-09).
• With a mean age of 25 years and 68 days, Liverpool named their youngest beginning XI for a Premier League sport since February 2018 in opposition to Southampton (24y 355d).
• Luton are one in all two sides, together with Sheffield United, but to maintain a clear sheet away from residence within the Premier League this season. The Hatters have shipped 29 targets in 12 away video games within the division this season, the joint-most of any facet on the highway, together with Bournemouth and Sheffield United.
• There have been simply 125 seconds between Virgil van Dijk’s equaliser and Cody Gakpo placing Liverpool 2-1 forward in opposition to Luton.

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Liverpool tackle Chelsea on the Carabao Cup closing at Wembley Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 3pm), whereas Luton host Man Metropolis within the FA Cup fifth spherical on Tuesday February 27 (kick-off 8pm).

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