Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp proud of his team but insists they are not in the Champions League final yet

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was delighted with his team’s display, and the patience they showed, in their Champions League semi-final first leg win against Villarreal. “Was a brilliant game to be honest.

We kept them quiet which was important because of the counter attacking threat they are”, Klopp told BT Sport at full time. Ad/> The home side were left frustrated by their Spanish visitors in the first half, with Thiago’s whistling strike bouncing back off the bar proving to be the closest they came to opening the scoring.

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