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Liverpool manager knows his side can salvage something this season with defence improving before Champions League tie
Jürgen Klopp was referring to the contrast in temperatures between a chilly Liverpool and a balmy Madrid but his words were equally applicable to his team’s attempt to polish a trying season with more Champions League glory. “We do it the hard way,” the Liverpool manager said on arrival in Spain, where he had no use for the gilet he brought on the flight over. The hard way often suits.
Suddenly, somehow, salvation is within reach for Liverpool but there are no illusions about how difficult it will be to achieve, not least with the 13-time champions of Europe standing in their path in the quarter-finals. A team without a win at Anfield in 2021 and seemingly out of the race for Champions League qualification via the domestic route a few weeks ago stands four games from a third final appearance in four seasons.
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Jürgen Klopp was referring to the contrast in temperatures between a chilly Liverpool and a balmy Madrid but his words were equally applicable to his team’s attempt to polish a trying season with more Champions League glory. “We do it the hard way,” the Liverpool manager said on arrival in Spain, where he had no use for the gilet he brought on the flight over. The hard way often suits.
Suddenly, somehow, salvation is within reach for Liverpool but there are no illusions about how difficult it will be to achieve, not least with the 13-time champions of Europe standing in their path in the quarter-finals. A team without a win at Anfield in 2021 and seemingly out of the race for Champions League qualification via the domestic route a few weeks ago stands four games from a third final appearance in four seasons.
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