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As if nothing had happened, Jurgen Klopp showed up at the Metropolitan auditorium with the smile and the cap in place. Gone are more than an hour of shouting in the Metropolitan band, claiming again and again to the Polish referee Marciniak . "I screamed in that direction, but I did not insult anyone, nor did I say tacos ... I was not happy with the referee's action and protested an action, that's why he showed me a card," he justified himself cold, although with the sting of the defeat. The second suffered by his team this season in Europe, after the stumble against Naples (2-0), at the start of the group stage of the Champions League.
Although what Klopp hallucinated most was with the deployment of Simeone , just a few meters from its position. “ I don't know if Simeone has any energy left, he was constantly agitating the public . With the intensity that we have put in a stadium like this, they have had to constantly go to the gas station, ”he said, hallucinated with the response of the stands, on one of those magical European nights that are already part of the photo album of the rojiblanco venue. But he warns: «This is not over, welcome to Anfield. The referee also had to deal with the environment. Perhaps there have been things he has not seen and moments in which there were three Atlético players on the ground ... The public has pushed ».
He even gave a curious explanation to the change of Mané , one of his best offensive players, at the break: "I took him away because he was afraid that an opponent would fall when he took a breath." There is no doubt that the arbitration chose the always calm Klopp and that Liverpool will squeeze from all fronts on the return.
Of course, everything was familiar to Simeone. Those nights of rojiblanco ecstasy in Europe had quite a lot of similarities with the one I had just lived. To begin with, the Metropolitan environment had nothing to envy to that of Vicente Calderón. "We started to win at the roundabout leading to the stadium," he admitted, extolling the weather his fans drew even before the match started. « Of the eight years, rarely were people at this level . He didn't stop for a single moment in the whole game. It was very exciting and it is normal for you to feel like playing, ”he continued with his compliments.
The precedent of a year ago
A result that brings joy back to a team lacking something exciting to hold on to, but that keeps them with their feet on the ground. They know how they spend them in Anfield and, also, from their own experience, how complicated it is to sustain a result in another country. Without going any further, last season Cristiano Ronaldo threw down the wall that had cost them so much to lift in the first leg with the goals of Godín and Giménez. The example of Juve and the lesson Barça received in Liverpool will suit them .
«It was the game we expected. We responded very well at the start and then we played as we had to play », analyzed the Argentine coach, who had this date well marked in his notebook since the hype matched them.
Probably a date as marked as for Diego Costa , who once again felt like a footballer during the final quarter hour, acclaimed by his people. "We left 15 minutes and the team noticed it right away," congratulated the Argentine coach, hoping that the growth of the Anfield road forward will make the team grow. In addition, he reiterated his faith in Lemar with deeds and words: «I still believe in him. I removed it because it suffered a contracture. He is a different player, we need to get him back ».
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