Jurgen Klopp called Liverpool’s last-minute victory the “perfect response” to Newcastle’s time-wasting antics at Anfield, calling the 2-1 win one of his “best nights”.
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The visitors had frustrated Klopp’s team with a number of instances of running down the clock in the final 10 minutes of the game, and during the five minutes of added time, Nick Pope also requested treatment for his shoulder.
The visitors had looked set to earn a point thanks to Alexander Isak’s goal in the first half.
However, the addition of more than two minutes before Fabio Carvalho’s last-gasp winner from a corner was enough to enrage the visiting bench, and tensions boiled over as Liverpool’s backroom staff and substitutes celebrated theĀ goal.
What Did Klopp Say?
“When we scored after 90-plus-eight minutes, it’s the perfect response to that, to be honest. I’m really happy about that, but nothing else to say,” he said after the match.
“It was the perfect moment to win this game because it was a difficult game, very passionate, aggressive defending.
“It’s difficult to pick up the rhythm from a game where everything clicked immediately and you find yourself in situations where it isn’t clicking immediately.
“I told the boys at half-time even before we were 1-0 down, we looked a bit desperate already, we didn’t play the extra pass. When we did that, we were really dangerous, so we had to force ourselves to keep calm a little bit more and to keep going.
“It’s a massive boost from a frustrating night,” he continued. “One of the best nights we ever had, that’s how football is.
“But we have to make sure we use these two days really well. The last two games we got six points, but we have to improve.
“It will not be that Everton open up for us now. We know it will be tough so we have to be ready.”
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Speaking about the young goalscorer, Carvalho, Klopp said: “He’s a fantastic boy. We changed pretty much everything, we went very offensive orientated but he can also play there.
“If a boy is as good as he is then he needs the moment. “It’s a massive result, which we will remember it for years and years.
“We had a 3-2 win at Newcastle once where Divock Origi scored late. I’m not 100 per cent sure they all believed until the end – but from now on we have to as we showed again it is possible.”
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