Klopp on Liverpool's 3-1 Europa League comeback win
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00:00 You're the pink?
00:01 That's inside.
00:02 Thank you, everyone.
00:04 Time is short, we have to catch a flight,
00:07 so I will get through as many as I can as quick as I can.
00:10 Please, keep it short, we have a lot of time,
00:14 we have to get the plane.
00:15 The plane is waiting for us, but it would be nice if we could take it early.
00:20 Good, it's a league goal.
00:22 Anyone?
00:25 Chris?
00:28 Yeah, I think you can start.
00:31 Yeah, no problem.
00:33 Obviously, last shot in the first half, one shot on target,
00:44 and it was in, after a set-piece.
00:46 We had very good moments, but I saw that the boys didn't feel them.
00:51 It was not that we could gain confidence from our good moments,
00:54 we thought maybe we should do that again, but we suffered a lot from the lesser good moments.
01:00 Confidence-wise, frustration grew, that makes no sense.
01:04 It's human, but it makes no sense anyway.
01:07 So, that was...
01:10 We showed two football situations from the first half where we did really well,
01:14 I'm pretty sure the boys would have thought there was nothing good in the first half,
01:18 but that's not true, we had good moments and that's what we showed,
01:20 and besides that I told them we have to get rid of the frustration
01:23 and start getting back into the game again,
01:25 and we have a good chance to turn it around, and that's what we did.
01:30 I'm really, really happy, because I knew it would be difficult,
01:36 it was difficult, we won it well-deserved, and that's it.
01:42 We had good moments in the first game, but of course frustration grew,
01:47 and that happens sometimes,
01:49 and with the good moments we got back into the game,
01:53 and we turned the game around, and we are very happy because we knew it would be difficult.
01:58 That was your 50th European win as a manager,
02:03 which makes you have the most wins of all managers.
02:09 That's why you said it.
02:11 Yes.
02:12 Oh, OK.
02:13 So, it kind of shows what you've already achieved,
02:16 but I think maybe tonight you also saw that you've got some young players
02:21 who can achieve a lot more in the future as well.
02:24 Oh, yeah.
02:25 I know how the world is, and I know that...
02:30 ..people expect us to fly through this competition,
02:37 but it will not happen.
02:39 It will not happen in the group stage, it will not happen in the knockout stage.
02:43 So we have to dig into it, and that's what we did.
02:47 It was a massive learning curve tonight,
02:50 the opponent suffered much less from the pitch than we did,
02:55 which is a little bit normal because we had the ball more often,
02:58 but besides that we had to get used to it so we can learn so much.
03:01 If we would have used Van Dogel a little bit more often,
03:05 given him the ball, I think he would have come a couple of more times
03:09 on the touchline and passed the ball inside or whatever.
03:13 Stefan found a way into the game after a rather difficult start,
03:18 but we caused him problems, obviously, with the timing of our passes.
03:23 Yeah, and Ryan played a super game in a really difficult circumstance
03:31 and was really decisive for us.
03:33 Ibu could get 80 minutes, I think, Stefan could get minutes,
03:42 so there were so many positives, and I'm cheeky enough to be really happy about that game.
03:48 Just about that, the 50th win, did it just make...
03:53 I mean, I know you don't particularly want to, but...
03:56 Let me say it like this, if I still have 50 after the group stage,
04:00 then I'm still the most successful Liverpool manager
04:02 and everybody will hate the fact,
04:04 so we should have lots of successful managers,
04:07 you know what I mean, the highest number of European games,
04:09 and everybody would hate it.
04:12 So, nice, we played quite a lot of games in Europe, so it's good that we won that many.
04:20 We qualified quite frequently for the final, so of course we should have won games.
04:25 And we make life really complicated for the translator, by the way.
04:29 No, it's great, but probably it's because in the competition
04:36 there are just much more games than in the past.
04:39 I'm pretty sure that's it, I think so.
04:42 Don't you think so?
04:44 OK, we have to let him translate.
04:46 I think you have 50 wins here with Liverpool,
04:50 that's the most wins a coach has had in the Europa Cup,
04:53 and you have a lot of young players today.
04:57 Yes, of course there were a lot of young players, we learned a lot.
05:03 Ben and Stefan were also very good in the game,
05:05 Brian made a great game, difficult moments, but very good.
05:09 I saw a lot of positive things in the match.
05:13 And 50 wins, yes, that's nice, but it's not the most important thing.
05:21 It's a very good combination, it's really good.
05:25 I understand you.
05:29 We have a new stadium in front of us.
05:38 We won the game, I can say that, the stadium is outstanding.
05:42 But the pitch wasn't fair, the pitch is a meadow.
05:47 The pitch, the green thing in the middle of the stadium,
05:53 that's a meadow.
05:55 Really bad.
05:57 Not quite safe, I'm really glad we played here now and not in December,
06:04 when it was still frozen.
06:06 That's a shame, but the pitch is great, the inside is great.
06:11 We got to 19,800, that's outstanding.
06:18 I thought the atmosphere was good, the people were in the right mood,
06:23 that's how it should be.
06:25 We played like a team, we celebrated the right moments.
06:27 No one was disrespectful, not at all.
06:31 Of course, you can thank yourself for a great atmosphere, I did that.
06:35 You applauded the crowd, what did you say to the atmosphere in the stadium?
06:42 The stadium is great, the pitch is really bad,
06:46 so I'm glad we didn't play here in December.
06:49 Everything else was very good, 19,800, so great atmosphere.
06:56 (German question)
07:11 I can't assess that, I haven't seen the other games.
07:15 I don't know, it depends on the strength of the other teams.
07:24 I'd have to see if I can assess that.
07:26 They were very well organised, they did well in many areas.
07:32 But I wouldn't put my colleagues on a backpack and say,
07:39 I have to qualify for the Champions League.
07:43 But they played passionately, they stayed clean.
07:47 The very first action was a bit harsh, the very first foul.
07:52 My colleagues were on their feet, but then it was normal duels.
07:58 That's good.
08:00 Lask will get what they can get in the group.
08:04 I wish them good luck, that's clear.
08:08 They've already played, I don't know the other two yet.
08:12 We'll see.
08:14 What do you think about Lask for the next games?
08:19 What chances will Lask have?
08:22 It's hard to say for me.
08:25 But they were very well organised, they played with passion.
08:30 The first foul was bad, but otherwise they played good.
08:35 I think everything is possible.
08:39 Thank you.
08:41 Thank you, see you.
08:45 See you.
08:48 Grabo.
08:50 Thank you.
08:52 Thank you.
08:54 Thank you.
08:56 [SIDE CONVERSATION]