Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has praised the performance of Manchester City star Algerian international Riyad Mahrez after the latter scored a beautiful goal against the ‘Reds’, according to the website.”Manchester evening“Athlete.
Manchester City had defeated League Cup holders Liverpool 3-2 in a thrilling game, who advanced three times and held on in the dying minutes to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Defender Nathan Ake scored the winning goal with a 58th-minute header, after Mohamed Salah equalized for Liverpool a minute after Riyad Mahrez’s goal gave City the lead early in the second half .
Erling Haaland had scored his 24th goal of the season in all competitions to give City a tenth-minute lead at the Etihad Stadium, but Liverpool struck back in the 20th minute when Fabio Carvalho struck in James Milner’s pass.
Klopp indicated that he had to change formation in the match against the “Citizens” and that the players need time to adjust together, noting that the “Reds” had real problems at the start of the match.
Klopp also provided updates on his injured players, including James Milner, who left the game with an injury.
Klopp said in statements after the match: “We played with a formation we hadn’t played in for a long time, and we had to change a lot since our last training session, you can see it, we needed time to adapt. “
He continued: “The goals we conceded were completely useless, we had good spells and could have scored even more goals, but in the end we have to live with the result we got.”
And of Mahrez’s goal against his team, Klopp said: “It’s a world-class goal, caused by the positioning of Gundogan and De Bruyne alongside Palmer, and Mahrez caused us some problems early in the match.” .
Objecting to the arbitration, Klopp said: “By the way, Haaland’s first chance at the beginning of the game, the first half, was offside, right? .. That gives the direction of the game, he was offside, but the referee did not blow his whistle and the assistant referee did not raise his flag.”
Klopp criticized the non-use of “mouse” video assistant referee technology in this tournament, saying, “This technology exists, why don’t we use it?”
