Klopp: Reliving Champions League final loss was torture

20.02.2023 - 19:11 rte.ie

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits watching back May's Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid for the first time was "torture".There was chaos before the showpiece, with fans outside the Stade de France trapped in serious congestion and tear-gassed by police.

Thousands missed the delayed kick-off of a game Klopp's team lost 1-0.The atmosphere inside the stadium suffered as a result and Klopp found reviewing the footage painful, although he believes his team did everything to win the game.He said: "I didn't watch it back until this weekend.

The thing I realised immediately was now I know why I didn't watch it back - but I had to."It was proper torture because we played a good game and could have won and that's the decisive word - could - but didn't because they scored and we didn't.

That's the decisive reason."I watched the game back, knowing exactly what we will do and we had to win this game."We didn't.

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