Klopp interview / press conference thread

[suzy]

Still havent been able to watch these yet, was a nothing game but Im still gutted.

 

You'll forget this if we get through Thursday!

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Villarreal press conference live here at 3pm. Hopefully find out if Can is fit.

 

http://youtu.be/VM9Ab8rApog

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20 mins until it starts.

[A_S]

On now. 

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Klopp and Lovren taking questions.

 

Lovren: "I hope we will not start like we did against Dortmund. We were 2-0 down then 3-1. It was an historic game for us and for the fans."

 

Lovren: "We proved we won't stop until the last minute. We want to do it more smoothly this time. It's something I'll remember all my life."

 

Lovren on Anfield reception: "I was surprised, I took some pictures on the bus. It was amazing. The fans are our 12th player."

 

Lovren: "Leicester have been brilliant tactically and have one of the best scorers in Vardy. They deserve to win the PL."

 

Lovren: "We need to be clever enough. We don't have 20mins, we have 90mins. Anything is possible."

 

Lovren: "Jurgen is a big manager..... Klopp jumps in 'tall!'...... He's brought a positive energy into this club. Doubters to believers."

 

Lovren: "Fans know from 2005 that with LFC anything is possible. We have great characters in the team. Villarreal are a good compact team."

 

Lovren: "We were disappointed to concede in last minute. We need to be clever & patient. We will have our chances. I believe in this team."

 

Lovren: "It would be a dream for me & for the fans. We could save this season with a final but we have to play Villarreal. It's a big step."

 

Klopp on Leicester: "Congratulations from the bottom of my heart. It's a cool story. Unbelievable. No-one will forget this."

 

Klopp: "Emre Can is ready to return to the squad for sure. Hendo in a good way for England, not sure about for #LFC. Not on pitch yet."

 

Klopp: "This game is a big opportunity in difficult season for Liverpool. In October LFC changed manager. Something went wrong before them"

 

Klopp: "All we've done since October, we've done to be perfectly prepared for a game like this."

 

Klopp asked if Sturridge will start?: "I was waiting for this question. He could be, 100%, but I've made no decision yet about the line up."

 

Klopp on Anfield atmosphere: "I don't have enough words for this. It's one of the things in life you cannot buy. It's most special."

 

Klopp: "I don't want to make it too big. It's only football I know but this is a moment for the whole Liverpool world."

 

Klopp: "We know about style of Villarreal. It doesn't change often. They changed eight positions and won at Valencia. That's not too easy."

 

Klopp:"Small city, very successful football club.Spain is the football country in this moment.Hopefully we can go to final with English flag

 

Klopp: "I've never lost v Spanish team in a semi. Spanish football in this moment very impressive. Very good players, good tactical advice."

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Jürgen Klopp on Villarreal, fans' Anfield Road welcome and a big opportunity

 

Jürgen, another big game in prospect on Thursday night. Given where this team is in terms of its development, does this game present an opportunity that has been earned rather than any pressure?

 

Yes, 100 per cent. All of what we’ve done since I’ve been here, all the hard times we’ve been through, all the wonderful games we’ve seen from this team, we only went through and had these great moments to be perfectly prepared for this game. It’s a big, big opportunity for us. I think nobody really expected at the start of the season we could go to the final, or be in the semi-final. This is a great thing and we should take it like this.

 

You, Zeljko [buvac] and Peter [Krawietz] have an incredibly successful record in semi-finals. Is there any particular reason for that in terms of how you approach them and does it have any impact at all heading into Thursday?

 

Do we?

 

Five semi-final ties, progressed through them all…

 

[Laughs] OK, that’s a nice record! But then if we get to the final, please don’t tell me my record in finals! I don’t know, but maybe around a semi-final if you are really involved, then it is possible that each day closer to the semi-final, you feel more and more pressure. I am not like this, to be honest. I am looking forward to it from one minute to the next minute to the next minute. I am really happy about this opportunity because you can only go the final if you show your best, and you can only show your best when you believe in yourself, when you are confident, when you see the opportunity, when you are really ready for it. That’s what I try to tell the players, to show the players, whatever. Usually my teams have played pretty well in semi-finals. We didn’t get through with average performances and a big portion of luck – it was most of the time really deserved. That’s what we should try again and I am really happy about this opportunity for the boys, for the club and for the crowd. They have all worked really hard this season. They started much earlier than when we came in and it was a difficult time. Then, October, a new manager and a lot of talking around the club, but not about football – only about my personality and things like this. Then the lads did really well and tried everything in a difficult season with a lot of injuries. And now we are here – and that’s great. To feel this is one of the smartest things you can do. Of course, the few seconds in the dressing room before the game, everybody will feel the pressure, but then with the first whistle you will see it is football and with football – and that’s the wonderful thing about this game – everything is possible.

 

Is there a need for a bit of patience on Thursday night, both from the players and the supporters – not everything has to be achieved in the first few minutes…

 

Right…but it would not be a problem if we could win it in the first 10 minutes! But you’re right, of course, especially against a side like Villarreal with their unbelievable strength in counter-attacking. We should not open gaps, we should be really disciplined in our protection and in general in our defending. We really need to defend very, very well because if we don’t do this, we have no chance. But it’s a football game and it will be 95, 96, 97 minutes – however long – and you have to use this time to bring through your plan in a game like this. To let the confidence grow in the game and with each pass, each opportunity you create, each chance you have, each shot you have, you can make the other team a little bit weaker. That’s very important. It’s a game and in a game you have to gamble, you have to show a few things and in the other moments, do something completely different to surprise the opponent. That’s all about football and what I love in this game. We will be really, really prepared – maybe perfectly prepared – and in the end we have to accept they are a pretty good side and there is no guarantee of anything. That is always the same in life and if you saw the Champions League semi-final, I think everybody expected Bayern to go through, and maybe they were the better team possibly, but Atletico Madrid with heart fought themselves into the final – and they deserved it, 100 per cent. That’s the great thing about football and that’s what we should try too.

 

There were incredible scenes inside and outside at Anfield for the Dortmund game. Seeing the fans line the streets to welcome the bus, what did you think of it and what impression did it make on the players?

 

It was great, it was outstanding, it was the first time, it was wonderful. It let the game start earlier than usually. Normally the games start in the stadium, but this game started in front of the stadium. It was great to see, wonderful to feel and pretty, pretty special. Why shouldn’t we [all] expect another night like this? There is no reason for this. Only because we had it a couple of weeks ago? That makes no sense - it’s possible.I think everybody felt what this atmosphere created in the stadium, what it gave us and what it gave to the players. In this week, with wonderful weather in and around Liverpool, let’s show our best. Let’s show our best face, our best mood, attitude and let’s show all the best things about this wonderful club.

 

Is that what you’d say to supporters? ‘Let’s show our best in the stands’?

 

Yes. I don’t think I have to say it but I think everybody knows it. Again, the whole Liverpool family will be involved. Everybody who is not in the stadium will watch the game on television. Those who cannot watch on television will have the radio on, or sit in front of their computer, laptop or whatever. That’s the great thing. Nobody is alone in this moment, we can do it together, so let’s try together.

 

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Above interview.

 

[Grinch]

Who'd have thought back in August, when we started the season with a busted flush in the dug out and wasted the majority of a transfer budget on a fucking lamp post.   We'd end the season in a European final, our second major final of the season, with a world class manager in the dug out.

 

And it's all down to this man.

 

One game away from a European trophy and champions league football, which will speed up the Klopp revolution as he gets to work dismantling this squad and creating his own,

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJkCAGflMQk&feature=youtu.be&a

[Arl arse]

He's a perfect fit for Liverpool Football Club, this man really, really does 'get' us. He's the real deal.

[Dr Nowt]

Realer than Real Deal Holyfield.

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

He's a perfect fit for Liverpool Football Club, this man really, really does 'get' us. He's the real deal.

He gets us more than we get us.

[Hades]

He's a genius. Not a fan of the cult of personality but he is genuinely a psychological genius.

[Gnasher]

get rid

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Jurgen Klopp tells assembled media: "I have not the right words for this performance so maybe you can find a few - it is your job

 

Klopp asked if players met all his expectations: And more! Nice to watch, be part of it. The whole performance.

 

Klopp: 'From 6.45 from when we drive in, this is nice.' - jokes 'There was a little too much smoke, we couldn't see out the bus'.

 

Klopp: I love football, because being part of the team. It was nice, in this moment (his post match celebrations).

 

Klopp: When Daniel Sturridge is fit, he's an unbelievable striker. Everybody knows this. I know about his quality. I knew before I came here

 

Klopp: It was intense. To be honest I'm a little bit tired, I'm happy when I can go home.

 

Klopp: To go to a final you need a little bit of luck, but most of the time you need outstanding performances.

 

Bad news for pyro fans, Jurgen's not keen: "There was bit too much flares because we couldn't see much so next time a little less of this

 

Klopp hits back at Marcelino criticism: "I would not be like him one second in my life - and he is a great manager.

[Em City]

He's a genius. Not a fan of the cult of personality but he is genuinely a psychological genius.

 

[Stickman]

Jermaine Pennant has gone missing tonight more than his namesake did in games

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URf7aYaZbVM&feature=youtu.be&a

[Arl arse]

Poor fella looks knackered, but I suppose it must be tiring being so fuckin awesome all the time.

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Poor fella looks knackered, but I suppose it must be tiring being so fuckin awesome all the time.

I can confirm that is tiring. But I struggle through somehow.

[Arl arse]

I can confirm that is tiring. But I struggle through somehow.

Think you misunderstood mate, I said awesome, not awful.

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Dave O’Connell
@DaveOCKOP

Klopp: "Maybe I'll stay like this for the rest of my career. Just three wonderful clubs."

[Lee909]

 

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20 minute interview before the game yesterday on BT. Good watch this.

 

https://youtu.be/eCzmfFCOI60

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Watford presser starting @ 11:00

 

https://youtu.be/_66ejo_5rzU