JAKARTA - Jurgen Klopp thinks Liverpool's players performed almost perfectly when silencing Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the Champions League Group B elimination match at Anfield, Wednesday local time.
Klopp also praised the contribution of Trent Alexander-Arnold who provided assists for both goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane.
"The game was almost perfect, as we planned and we scored in the right moments," Klopp said after this match on the UEFA website.
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"Atletico played more attacking in the start than the previous game, but we defended well and I have to say Trent sent two incredible passes for our goals," he added.
Able to reduce Atletico's threat at the start of the match, Liverpool opened the scoring through Jota's header which welcomed Alexander-Arnold's cross in the 13th minute.
Then six minutes later Alexander-Arnold again found a gap in Atletico's defense through his breakthrough bait which was cheated by Mane.
"Those goals also came from fantastic finishes, especially those scored by Sadio," said Klopp. "Diogo was of course convinced he could finish the chance, while Sadio was greedy enough to rush into the right position and end the situation he was in."
This victory made Liverpool lock the ticket to the round of 16 as well as winners of Group B by collecting 12 full points from four matches.
Liverpool next host Porto at Anfield in the next two weeks.
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