Jurgen Klopp just broke a promise to his Liverpool squad after injuries and 'undeniable' truth
Jurgen Klopp has admitted he broke a promise to his Liverpool squad before describing their victory over Luton Town as ‘their Barcelona’ moment.
The Reds were without 11 first team players against the Hatters and trailed 1-0 at half-time at Anfield on Wednesday night. But a sensational second half showing saw them run out 4-1 winners thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz, and Harvey Elliott.
Speaking after the final whistle, Klopp revealed that he had promised his squad that he would stop using their famous Champions League semi-final 4-0 victory over Barcelona from 2019 as an example in team-talks. But spotting similarities between the two games as a result of enforced absences, the German admitted he had broken his promise during their comeback win over Luton.
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“I will mention this game from now quite a few times!” he admitted. “I promised my team a few months ago that I would never mention or use the Barcelona game as an example and I used it again today so I broke my promise!
“Just because before the game, it was kind of similar. Many players missing, stuff like this. If the team who played Barcelona stuck to the knowledge of who was missing. We went through the goals.
“This team that time ignored the fact who is missing and I want us to ignore the fact who is missing. That is difficult because the public got the whole knowledge of who is missing only tonight. It’s like, - groans - I needed a few minutes to process it when I got all the news.
“But from that moment on, when you know how you can deal with it and sort it for this game, it feels really
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