5-2 is a fantastic result, says Klopp

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was left with slightly mixed emotions after seeing his side race into a 5-0 lead in last night’s Champions League semi-final first goal before conceding twice in the final 10 minutes to give Roma hope of reaching next month’s decider in Kiev.

5-2 is a fantastic result, says Klopp

Klopp said: “Long term perfect performance for pretty much 80 minutes or so. We made defensively one mistake.

“The penalty is not a penalty but that is the situation and now it is 5-2. Of course we would have been more happy with 5-0 or 5-1 but 5-2 is a fantastic result. We go there and try again.

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