The Liverpool manager still has raw memories of defeat in a Champions League final but he is undeterred as he prepares for another tilt at club football’s ultimate prize
Picture the scene. A sunbed by a hotel swimming pool in Las Vegas in May 2014. A German holidaymaker is trying to relax, to clear his mind of everything involving work, but his repose keeps being disturbed by noises off.
“There was a football match on television and a lot of people were watching it,” Jürgen Klopp says, taking up the story. “It was Real Madrid v Atlético in the Champions League final and everyone was shouting in Spanish. I was kind of annoyed by hearing the noise, because I had been trying to ignore the game. I didn’t want to watch it, I had no clue who had scored or who had won, because it was still painful to think of what had happened the year before.
Written by Paul Wilson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/20/jurgen-klopp-liverpool-real-madrid-champions-league-final-everything-possible under the title “‘I don’t feel like an underdog’: Jürgen Klopp eager for Real redemption”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
