JAKARTA - Liverpool managed to qualify for the 2021/2022 League Cup semifinals after beating Leicester City on penalties. The success of the Reds was welcomed by Jurgen Klopp.
The coach admitted that he was very happy and very happy to see his team's performance in the match.
"I'm really happy," said Klopp after the game quoted from Liverpool's official website.
"Very happy with their performance (Liverpool players), with their spirit, with their mentality, in many moments with football," Klopp continued.
Regarding the course of the match, Klopp did have time to make three substitutions during the first half. He then explained the reasons for his decision.
"Of course we struggled in the first half so we had to make a lot of changes," said the coach.
"Today in combination we had to make substitutions for the second half. So all substitutions have a reason," he said.
In the 2021/2020 League Cup quarter-final match at Anfield on Thursday morning, Liverpool had trailed 1-3 in the first half.
However, the Reds were then able to equalize the score to 3-3 in the final minute of added time. Due to the draw, the match had to be settled on penalties which Liverpool eventually won 5-4.
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