Liverpool vs Real Madrid: Jurgen Klopp says the Reds need to play ‘two great games’ in the Champions League to progress | Soccer News

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool wish to play games “two great games” to go of their Champions League spherical of 16 towards Actual Madrid, who he says “don’t have to play their best” to go.

The Reds bounced again from their 3-0 loss to Wolves in early February by way of securing remarkable wins over Everton and govern 4 opponents Newcastle to get their season again on the right track forward of Tuesday’s excess first leg at Anfield.

Klopp believes his facet’s method can have grew to become on the proper era to stand 14-time Champions League winners Actual Madrid.

“With recent history and [both clubs] quite successful in the competition, difficult to face, overwhelming results, it will be a top game of football,” Klopp acknowledged.

“I’m really happy that we can play now, four weeks ago it would have been different, but life is all about timing. Maybe we found our feet just in time for this game, although I expected us to be ourselves if we didn’t win the last two games because it’s a different competition and you have to take advantage of that opportunity.

“We have those two results and I hope we can build on that, but we have to play a great game, we have to play two great games, to be honest, to go through. I have no problem with that because if you don’t play your best, you don’t have a chance – Real Madrid don’t have to play their best and still have a chance! That’s the difference. It’s pretty special. I have haste.”

“Same clubs, different teams, different times”

Liverpool confronted Actual Madrid in utmost pace’s ultimate in Paris, dropping 1-0, however Klopp believes they may be able to be informed from the discontentment of no longer successful in six conferences since 2014.

“I didn’t watch it until this weekend. What I understood immediately is why I didn’t watch it, but I had to – it was absolute torture,” said- he declared.

“We played a good game and could have won the game. They scored a decisive goal and we didn’t, and that was the reason.

“You can see how experienced Madrid are, how unfussy they are when the other team has chances, they don’t lose faith, they know their chance will come.

“It’s this team, the competition and you can definitely learn from them. But that was six, eight months ago. Before that we played there at the training ground and here at a stadium It was a very good 0-0 here, we let them work hard and it was good.

“But it’s now, same clubs, different teams, different times. There’s a story over the last few years. One of us has always been in the final, at least that’s what the we feel, and usually if you go to the final, you have to send us off or send them off, this time we play against each other, let’s see who will go through.”

Nunez shock replace

Klopp has unmistakable that Darwin Nunez could also be have compatibility for the showdown at Anfield later being substituted in Saturday’s win over Newcastle with a shoulder shock.

“There is a chance, among all the possible scenarios, other than the fact that there is absolutely nothing,” Klopp acknowledged.

“We have to see how he can handle the pain and then make a decision.”