Jurgen Klopp praised the desire of his Liverpool players after they weathered a “strange” Bournemouth storm to book their place in the League Cup quarter-finals.
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Liverpool were put under periods of severe pressure in the second half with the home side having the wind in their favour.
Klopp was delighted with how his players stood firm to set up a tie at home to West Ham United next month.
Klopp
“It was a top, top, top cup game,”
“It’s all about winning, it’s all about getting through. I don’t need to talk about the circumstances because everyone saw it and felt it.
“It was really difficult for both teams. In the first half we could have scored more goals but didn’t.
"In the second half we realised it would have been a good idea to score more goals (in the first half) because the wind changed the game again.
“We scored our second goal, a wonderful goal, and then we fought extremely hard. It’s all about attitude in these moments.
"Both teams obviously wanted it but I saw how hard my team really wanted it and I was really happy about it. A top cup game in strange circumstances.”
Klopp added:
"It’s just super. We knew there would be a storm and strong winds. It was so hard to play football in it.
“Difficult game, Bournemouth did really well. In football sometimes you need luck and in one or two situations they could have finished better
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