JAKARTA - Liverpool won 2-1 over Aston Villa in the continuation of the English Premier League, Wednesday, May 11 in the morning of GMT+7 (Indonesian Time). This victory makes Liverpool continue to stick to Manchester City in the hunt for the league title.
Liverpool is in second place with 86 points, the same as Manchester City who is at the top of the standings. However, The Citizens have yet to play their 36th-week match against Wolverhampton Wanderes, Thursday, 12 May Indonesian Time.
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp insists, his side does not want to waste energy just thinking about the results achieved by Manchester City. He said his team's focus was to win in the remaining matches.
"We don't want to waste energy thinking, 'hope they lose' or whatever. No, we just know we have to win. Now we have to recover, really recover, and then play in the FA Cup final because obviously there is no mercy anywhere. - everywhere," Klopp told the club's official website after the match.
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In the match against Aston Villa, Liverpool's two winning goals were scored by Joel Matip in the sixth minute and Sadio Mane in the 65th minute after receiving Luis Diaz's pass. While the hosts scored in the third minute through Douglas Luiz.
Klopp then praised his team's performance in this match. According to him, Liverpool played massive, extraordinary and had a mental steel.
"We needed time to find our game and the opponent was very aggressive at the start, a lot of challenges (in this match). Actually, the main problem we had was losing the ball in the wrong areas. Then it was difficult to get a rhythm," said Klopp.
"At least we can come back fast enough, that's important. Look, if my players weren't as good as them I would say different things to you. Their quality, mentality and character are the reasons why we are where we are now."
"I'm not surprised they are able to do something like this, but I don't take it for granted. I'm very proud tonight with the players, it's incredible," continued the Liverpool manager.
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