Jürgen Klopp
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It was the only situation, we were not really there for second balls, then Adam came in, made a tackle, foul, yellow card and free kick.
That's how all the situations started with the goal and all those things.
So, it was difficult.
We came out of the second half, we started,
They pressed a bit higher and we were not fresh enough in mind to adapt to that, so now we brought ourselves in circumstances we don't have to be.
These are moments where we have to be harder to ourselves and have to force ourselves more to stay concentrated.
There were a few slapstick situations, I would say, but when Ali was there, yeah, it was a big fight.
They chased the game, they wanted the result, and we wanted to keep the result and try to have something of it.
That's how the momentum was then, it was on their side.
Always when we could control it, it was immediately cool again, but the first moment they had the ball, counter-attack, Traoré looks mean in the moment, nearly unplayable,
You need two players to play against him, but we did well, so I'm happy.
Look, if it would be easy to win that amount of games, then a lot more teams would do it, it's not easy.
You have to fight with all you have, and these boys fought again together with the stadium.
Everybody's happy, so now Happy New Year, and 2nd January the next opponent of this calibre, Sheffield United, will be here and we have to fight again.
Look, we are in December, end of December, January is coming, February is coming, not the best weather, it's cold, players stand around that long, it's not cool, but it's about decision-making.
I would prefer refs would go to the screen, because the screen is directly next to us, it's never used, I don't know exactly why.
I think especially with the first situation it would have helped,
because if you make offside, and it's obviously a tight offside, only a small margin, then it takes a while until the line is there, the ball, I understand it, with the possible handball I don't understand it, because it could have gone quicker, I think.
That's the way how we do it in England, and we cannot change that obviously.
But of course when you're on the other side, we were on Aston Villa on the other side, we were against Watford on the other side, these things happen, nobody likes it.