According to live interview granted to Sportsmole saying Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that he was left “disappointed” but not “angry” with his side’s Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid on Wednesday night.
Needing to overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg at Anfield three weeks ago, Liverpool bowed out at the last-16 stage courtesy of a 1-0 second-leg loss at the Bernabeu.
Although Karim Benzema’s second-half winner sent Real Madrid through to the last eight 6-2 on aggregate, and Liverpool were indebted to Alisson Becker for keeping the scoreline respectable.
It must be noted that the Reds also survived a late handball shout against Kostas Tsimikas in the dying embers, but they could not produce the magnificent comeback necessary to keep their hopes of silverware for the 2022-23 season alive.
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Speaking to the press after the game, Klopp admitted that his side did not produce a “special performance” when required to, and he could accept that Real Madrid were deserved winners over the two legs.
“We came here with the backpack we had with the three goals difference. You need a special performance and we didn’t show a special performance tonight,” Klopp told reporters.
“It was, in moments, a good performance, but Real Madrid was, for the whole game, the team in control of the game. They had the better chances, Ali had to make two sensational saves to keep us in the game and that’s the reason.
“Again, if you want to go through you need to be outstanding; if you want to win the game, you need to be really good. In the end, Madrid were the better team and that’s why the right team went through to the next round.
“I was not angry after the game, but I was disappointed. I would be angry if we would have played better and it was close and then they win because of a penalty which was not a penalty or stuff like this. But in the end that all didn’t happen. Real Madrid were just the better side and I am long enough in the business to respect that.”
Now only fighting for a top-four finish in the Premier League as the season reaches its business end, Liverpool return to domestic duties sitting six points adrift of a Champions League berth, having suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Bournemouth last weekend.
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