We Must Be Very Strong As A Team Against Porto – Klopp

Jurgen Klopp has said he and his players “dreamt” in the summer of reaching the knockout rounds of the Champions League as Liverpool prepare for their last-16 tie with Porto.

“We need to be outstandingly strong tomorrow to get a result at Porto because they are very experienced, very physical, hard, good footballers, good plan. It’s quite a job to do and that’s all we are focussed on.

“But we are in a very positive way and that’s all we are focussed on. We’re looking forward to it. We wanted to come here.

“When was the draw? In December? Probably, so it’s long ago. It was long enough to wait for the next round in the Champions League.

“But to be honest, we dreamt of it and now we are here. It’s good, really good. It’s feels good. Everything is prepared. The last 16 means 16 really good football teams face each other.”

“I’m pretty sure they didn’t so it makes no sense. I have no idea. If we would be in the final, I can say that we’d try to win it for sure.

“But it is such a long way away and there are only good teams left in this competition. I hate to talk about the round after the actual round.

“Only because I am a friendly person, I answer the question and because we are in public. Usually if someone asks me about the next round, I walk out immediately.”

“I know it already we can compete with them, I don’t have to look at them,” Klopp said. “I think probably the strongest football team in this moment in Europe is Manchester City and we played them twice already at the highest level.

“The Premier League is a little different but if we meet them [City] then we could beat them. That is how it is. But it is not important right now. We are in Porto and that is the only thing.

“We can make one mistake, that is how it is in life. And of course we as a team we will never do that.”