Hi, Jürgen, commiserations, how close were you to getting the performance
that would have seen you through on the night?
Yeah...
We started the game extremely well and could have obviously scored there early,
but we didn't. So, we were good in the game, we played much better.
We didn't lose the tie tonight, we lost the game obviously in Madrid, that's clear,
with the performance we put out there, which was not good enough.
Today it was good enough to go 1-0 up, for sure,
and then it would've been a different game.
So, with the experience of Real Madrid and the situation like you have to chase a game,
that you have to score and stuff like this, it got more and more difficult obviously.
So they controlled the game from a specific moment on,
had then their counter-attacking chances themselves.
But obviously what we saw tonight, with two good performances
we would've had a better chance to go through.
One good performance without scoring then anyway was not enough.
Obviously now you've got seven games to go [in the Premier League],
you've given yourselves a chance of getting into next season's Champions League,
what steps do you take to ensure as best you can
that tonight acts as motivation rather than impacting negatively?
Oh, that will not happen, that it impacts us negatively. We are not silly.
We want what we earn.
If we don't earn it 100 per cent, then we respect the situation that we don't get it.
Like I said, tonight if we scored an early goal this game would've been a different one -
I think everybody knows that, but it's hypothetical, we didn't.
But it has now no impact on the Premier League,
apart from that we don't play midweeks, at least internationally -
I'm pretty sure Premier League plays midweeks if I'm right.
So we can concentrate and focus on the Premier League -
which we will and which we have to.
It's not only because we want to play Champions League,
because we like the competition.
But it's tough just because we are still not in the hot seat, I would say,
and we face Leeds on Monday, so that's a tough one.
What can I say? They are the leader in all physical stats in the Premier League
pretty much, so you better run a lot yourself.
We have a few days until then,
we will use that and then we make sure we are ready for that.
Jürgen, based on how well you played tonight,
how confident are you that you'll be back
in the Champions League next season by finishing in the top four?
That has nothing to do with confidence. I would say I am naturally confident,
but that doesn't mean we will end up there.
We just can read the table, we know the points,
we know the situation and stuff like this.
We know who we play and we don't have to talk too much about it.
I said now what we think about it and, yes, we want and we have to -
and if we want that we should play really good football, which we did tonight.
But if we want to go through then we should finish those situations off on top of that,
because that is very helpful as well.
I think we are not in a bad moment at the moment;
we played pretty well even when it was a late winner against Aston Villa.
We played a good game against them, we played really good against Arsenal
and not too good against Real Madrid in the first leg,
but in the other games we were not bad.
Tonight, a good game, so we just have to keep going.
We really have to keep going, we have to keep fighting,
we want to be in the Champions League next year, but in the moment
we still have to pick up more points than a lot of other teams.
Jürgen, I'm sorry to ask you about this,
the club put a statement out about the incident with the Madrid bus,
a bottle being thrown. I know how such incidents upset you,
I wondered if you had any thoughts on that.
I heard it after the game, but this is a very special week,
tomorrow is a very special day for us,
that these situations are not helpful, everybody knows,
but nothing else to say from my side.
Tomorrow we have a really important day together with our fans,
and that's what I am thinking about. All the rest, I think the club said what we had to say.
Thank you.
Miguel Angel.
Hello, Mr Klopp, I have to questions for you.
Last week you spoke about Casemiro, Kroos and Modric,
to say that they are one of the best midfields in the world;
what do you think about Courtois, is he one of the most important goalkeepers in the world?
And who is your favourite to win the Champions League this season?
Honestly, I couldn't care less who will win the final, I think they deserve it then.
There are four incredibly strong teams left, congratulations to whoever does it.
Courtois is a really good goalie, that's it.
I think we controlled Real Madrid's three midfielders much better than the first leg,
because when you let them play, they are pretty much unplayable.
If you defend them well, which we did tonight, then they have their problems as well,
because they are human beings. We learned a lot from the first game,
how to do it differently, we used that tonight,
and it could have been enough, but it wasn't because we couldn't score.