The two centre-halves played an incredible game, Klopp told
BT Sport. The whole last line played an incredible game because that is a tough task. We had to press them. We defended deep together really well which is important. Everybody had a really good game. It was a good performance.
At his post-game press conference, Klopp had even more praise for Phillips.
“Oh my God, what a player, what a night for him, Klopp said. It was absolutely great. The concentration level he shows week in, week out when he is playing for us is absolutely incredible. He is doing the right things in the right moments. He s an aerial monster and on the floor not bad.
Mane was afforded his eighth appearance in the Champions League this season and utilized the opportunity to add to his tally.
RB Leipzig dominated the first half of the game but failed to get the ball into the back of the net, missing a few chances which they paid for in the second half.
After the restart, Liverpool seemed to awake from their slumber as they pressed aggressively for the opener.
Their efforts paid off when Salah broke the deadlock in the 70th minute after receiving a timely assist from Diogo Jota.
The Egypt international, thus, took his goal tally to 25 this season, scoring the most across all competitions among the Premier League stars.
Top of the table at Christmas, Liverpool find themselves in the middle of it by March. Their title defence was over by the end of January, and even the idea of a top-four finish looks fanciful now.
At this rate, they’ll do well to make the top 10. The question now, if we even dare ask, is just how bad can things get?
There is an assumption that it simply has to improve, that the quality of the players and the manager will eventually tell, that things will click and the luck will turn.
But what if it doesn’t? What if it gets worse before it gets better? It couldn’t, could it?
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What did Angelino have to say? It was tough because I thought we played a really good match, the RB Leipzig defender said while reflecting on the first leg. We were a few times behind their full-backs. [Trent] Alexander-Arnold on the ball is unbelievable but he is too offensive. But that is his best [quality] so we have to exploit the weakness and hopefully we can get a few more chances like we did in the first game. That was our mistake that we did not put them away. We could have put some pressure on them [by] scoring some of the chances we got. We felt we gave them two mistakes and a team like Liverpool, with the quality they have got, they kill you if you give them just a little bit.