Jurgen Klopp thrilled as Liverpool weather storm at Bournemouth
Jurgen Klopp hailed the desire of his players after Liverpool booked a Carabao Cup quarter-final spot by battling through Storm Ciaran to beat Bournemouth 2-1.
Substitute Darwin Nunez settled a challenging fourth-round tie staged in driving rain and swirling winds with a stunning 70th-minute winner.
Cody Gakpo gave the much-changed Reds a half-time lead at Vitality Stadium before the Cherries threatened an upset thanks to Justin Kluivert’s first goal in English football.
“It’s a top, top, top cup game,” said Reds boss Klopp, who made eight changes from Sunday’s 3-0 Premier League win over Nottingham Forest.
“It’s all about winning, it’s all about getting through.
“The good thing today is I don’t have to speak about the circumstances because everybody saw it and felt it.
“It was really difficult, for both teams obviously.
“First half we could have scored more goals, we didn’t, and second half we realised it would have been a good idea to score more goals because the wind changed the game again in the second half.
“We scored our second goal, a wonderful goal, and then we fought extremely hard, we had good moments.
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