Dejan Lovren reveals details of Jurgen Klopp text after Croatia beat England

Dejan Lovren has revealed that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp sent him a text moments after Croatia beat England in the semi-final of the World Cup. "He's [Klopp] proud of me and what I've achieved," said Lovren. "He knows what I went through. He's a good man. Even in tough times he was always backing me up. I appreciated that. "I am a little bit disappointed for my team-mate [Jordan Henderson] because he also deserved to be in the final. I wish we could both be in the final for that game but there is only one winner." On Croatia's victory, he added: "This feels incredible, especially after everything that was said about us before the game. We showed our character, we showed that we deserved to be in the final and people should respect us. "Sometimes it is unfair. Before this game, they said we are tired but we showed in extra-time we had fresher legs than them. Simple as that. The difference was mental. "In my case, I think people should respect me also. If somebody told me that from the beginning of the season that I would be in two of the biggest finals in the world I would have signed straight away. "I went through a lot of s*** and I would say it is coming back."

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