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Alla Zakarian

19-02-2020 | 14:48 Football
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Klopp expresses anger at Atletico antics that forced Mane substitution

Jurgen Klopp is calling on the Anfield crowd to help produce another magical night at Anfield.  Liverpool were beaten 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid. The Atletico crowd certainly played their part in a ferocious atmosphere in the Spanish capital and Klopp now wants the Reds to produce their own version. The German said: “The crowd wanted to help their team tonight. That makes it a very emotional game. Emotions are important. Tonight they were obviously completely on the side of Atletico but I am really looking forward to the second leg. “We speak from time to time about the power of Anfield and the power a stadium can have, tonight you saw that. It’s half-time and we are 1-0 down. Why should we give up? Even better, the second half will be in a different stadium, our stadium, that will be different and Atletico will feel that, and that’s what we are looking forward to.” Klopp revealed his feelings when asked why he withdrew Sadio Mane, who had been booked, at half-time. He said: “Obviously the plan was to get Sadio out of the game with a yellow card. I was afraid his opponent would go down even if Sadio takes a deep breath or whatever, so I didn’t want to have that situation. That’s why we took him off. It was difficult for the referee to deal with the atmosphere but after 30 minutes three Atletico players were already on the ground without being injured. The ref just needs to feel that game a little bit more.” Source: Teamtalk Join us on Telegram!

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