Erik Ten Hag commends Manchester United’s players’ mindset and demeanour after late goals in extra time and normal play gave them the advantage in the FA Cup quarterfinal and book Coventry vs. Wembley semi; During a “very hard” game for his Liverpool team during the “intense season,” Jurgen Klopp loses his cool with a TV reporter.
After a dramatic match, United defeated their fierce rivals thanks to late goals in both normal and extra time, securing a semi-final meeting with Coventry at Wembley.
Klopp had been philosophical about coming out on the wrong end of an at-times wild contest when he took questions after the game.
“We were nearly there in normal time and nearly there in extra-time and then we lose the game, that’s alright,” he said. “I cannot ask for much more.
“We have had a much more intense season so far, everybody knows that, you just have to count the games. Today was hard, very hard. The longer the game goes, the decision-making doesn’t get any better.
Congratulations to United, going to the semi-final. We have a game less, or have two games less, and we [will] try to use that in the next few weeks.”
But while Klopp was measured in his response to much of the media after his side’s defeat, he had little time for a reporter from a Scandinavian TV network who questioned why Liverpool appeared to lose intensity in extra time.
Below is a transcript of what was said between Klopp and Niels Christian Frederiksen. As a note, Liverpool have played 18 matches in 2
Frederiksen told Danish sports magazine Tipsbladet, “I interpret it mostly as an expression of his terrible frustration that they lost to Manchester United in the manner it happened, where they were ahead twice and should have sealed the deal.”
“His final game in England was supposed to be an FA Cup final at Wembley, but that opportunity has now been snatched away from him. Thus, I can appreciate his extreme frustratio
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