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This is their Barcelona – Jurgen Klopp compares Luton comeback to famous victory

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp evoked memories of their famous win over Barcelona in 2019 during their "thunderstorm" second-half comeback to beat Luton 4-1.Trailing to Chiedozie Ogbene's 12th-minute header, Klopp’s side were a different prospect after the break with Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliott bringing up 100 goals for the season.While it by no means matched the magnitude of their Champions League semi-final comeback after losing the first leg 3-0 to the Catalan giants, it was significant in terms of the title race – re-establishing a four-point lead over Manchester City – and the invigorating atmosphere which the team will undoubtedly have to lean on during the run-in."Tonight is one of those nights where it is difficult to stop talking.

I am so happy," said Klopp, who was without 11 first-team players, including forwards Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, who remain doubtful for Sunday’s Carabao Cup final against Chelsea."We had to ignore the fact we were 1-0 down and use the things that are good and improve the counter-press.

The second half was a thunderstorm. Wow."I will mention this game from now quite a few times. I promised my team a few months ago that I would never mention or use the Barcelona game as an example and I used it again today so I broke my promise."Just because before the game, it was kind of similar.

Many players missing, stuff like this. The team that time ignored the fact who is missing and I want us to ignore the fact who is missing."That is difficult because the public got the whole knowledge of who is missing only tonight.

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