Van Dijk & Trent reveal what Klopp told at halftime before comeback

Virgil van Dijk & Trent Alexander-Arnold Revealed what Jürgen Klopp told his players at half-time ahead of Liverpool’s comeback win over Villarreal last night.

Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold Reveals what manager Jurgen Klopp told Liverpool players during half-time of last night’s Champions League semi-final second leg (Tuesday 3 May 2022) once morest Villa. Real until inspiring them to come back and win in the end

The first 45 minutes of the game didn’t turn out to be what most people expected. When Liverpool, who had a 2-0 advantage in the first leg, were equalized on aggregate by Bullay Diaa and Francis Cogelin, the homegrown fans began to believe that one of the The most memorable Champions League turnaround is coming, however, with goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane alongside Keronimo Roo’s poor defensive duties. Yi has ended hopes for Unai Emery’s side to topple the Premier League giants.

Villarreal qualified for the last four following knocking out Juventus and Bayern Munich, however, Klopp is confident his team will not meet the same fate. Van Dijk opened up regarding the manager’s advice. His team at halftime in an interview with BT Sport following the match.

The Netherlands international said Klopp told the team: ‘Play football! Play the Liverpool way we’ve played all season! Speed ​​up and do what needs to be done, moving more with the ball. and behind the support with the speed we have We have to blend them together. And we need to show how much we want to go to the final. And in the second half we played very well.”

Van Dijk was frank in his assessment of Liverpool’s shortcomings in the first half and admits his team were at fault in ‘Wrong decision’ ‘We don’t play enough football. when we got the ball We don’t move much. So we made the wrong decision,” he added. “You lose the ball in difficult situations when you play wide sometimes. To concede a goal early in the game following three minutes puts even more pressure on us.”

The Dutch international added that the analysis of the game’s weakness immediately following the final whistle was too demanding. “If we think regarding the first half following we just got to Paris, (Passing to play in the final) I think we’re too strict with ourselves. I think we can’t overlook the value of what we’ve accomplished this season either. and we will go on There are a few more weeks that we are looking forward to. So we will enjoy it and look forward to it.”

Alexander-Arnold revealed Klopp was unhappy with the team’s performance in the first half. and told the team to go back and play football as they used to When asked what they discussed during halftime Alexander-Arnold told BT Sport: “We just have to play the way we want to play. The first half looked like we didn’t play football.” “We never got the second ball. And they play the games they want – and we let them do that.” “It’s difficult for us. As I said, we don’t play football at all. But in the second half we came out to play the way we wanted. Controlled the game a lot better.” “It was a bad half for us from two legs. We can accept that as long as we get the job done and we do that today.”

The win also means Klopp has led Liverpool to three of the last five Champions League finals. Along the way as a manager of a German coach. Like Sir Alex Ferguson, he has now reached several finals of European football’s top level.

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