We defied expectations，says klopp after Liverpool take control of Leipzig tie

我們超出了期待?！笨寺迤赵诶锲终莆樟伺c萊比錫的歐足聯(lián)冠軍聯(lián)賽淘汰賽后說。

Liverpool boss jurgen klopp says his side defied many people ' s expectation s with their first-leg victory over Rb Leipzig in the last 16 of the

利物浦主教練克洛普表示，他的球隊在歐足聯(lián)冠軍聯(lián)賽16強第一輪擊敗萊比錫的比賽中，寄予了很多期望。

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane struck in the space of five minutes near the start of the second half in an away leg played in Budapest's Puskas Arena because of Covid-19 restrictions.

It came after the Reds had fallen to three straight defeats in the Premier League - results that have led Klopp to concede defeat in their defence of the English top-flight title.

But Tuesday's display was far more like the dominant side of last season, with their greater experience and quality ultimately telling against an error-prone German side.

"A lot of people probably expected us to slip again because of the situation, and the boys didn't and I'm really happy about that," Klopp told BT Sport.

"It was the game we wanted, the game we needed. Leipzig can be a real monster - they overrun teams, they are really physical and tonight we controlled them in an exceptional way.

"For two years we've been really good and this year we have some problems. It's normal that the talks start - I have no problem with that. But the boys showed what they can do."

Liverpool had largely dominated possession and created the better chances before the break but two defensive errors and two neat finishes swung the game and the tie their way.

Salah showed superb awareness to quickly latch on to a loose back-pass before finishing neatly.

Mane was then equally alert to take advantage of a fluffed attempted clearance from Nordi Mukiele to charge through and side-foot past Peter Gulacsi.

However, they had been fortunate not to fall behind inside five minutes when Dani Olmo's header from an Angelino cross struck the base of the post.

Having managed the game well after going 2-0 up, Klopp's side will defend their advantage at Anfield on 10 March, when they will be firm favourites to go one round further than they managed last season.

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由于新冠疫情的限制，在布達佩斯的普斯卡什球場進行的客場比賽中，穆罕默德·薩拉赫和薩迪奧·馬內(nèi)在下半場開始后的五分鐘內(nèi)破門。

此前，紅軍在英超賽場遭遇了三連敗，這使得克洛普在衛(wèi)冕英超冠軍的道路上敗下陣來。

但周二的表現(xiàn)更像是上賽季的統(tǒng)治力，他們更豐富的經(jīng)驗和更強的實力戰(zhàn)勝了這支容易犯錯的德國球隊。

“因為目前的狀況，許多人可能預(yù)計我們會再次失利，但小伙子們沒有，我非常高興?！笨寺迤崭嬖VBT體育。

“這是我們想要的比賽，也是我們需要的比賽。萊比錫是一位真正的對手-他們超越了其他球隊，他們真的很強壯，但今晚我們用特殊的方式控制住了他們。”

“過去的兩年我們一直表現(xiàn)的很好，今年我們遇到了一些問題。會談開始是正常的，我對此沒有意見，但小伙子們展示了他們的能力。”

利物浦控制了大部分的球權(quán)，并在中場休息前創(chuàng)造了更好的機會，但兩次致命的失誤和兩個漂亮的進球改變了比賽的局面。

薩拉赫表現(xiàn)出高超的意識，他抓住了一個松懈的回傳球，然后靈巧地進球。

隨后，馬內(nèi)同樣警覺地利用了諾爾迪·米基埃勒的一次解圍失誤，突破并攻入彼得·古拉奇把守的球門。

然而，他們很幸運在五分鐘前沒有落后，達尼·奧爾莫接安赫利尼奧的傳中頭球攻門擊中門柱。

在2-0領(lǐng)先后，克洛普的球隊很好地完成了比賽。他們將在3月10日在安菲爾德捍衛(wèi)自己的優(yōu)勢，到那時他們很可能比上個賽季前進一輪。

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Liverpool take first step on road to recovery

利物浦在復(fù)興之路上邁出了第一步

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In the gap between their final group game and this, Liverpool's season has imploded somewhat. Their long unbeaten domestic home record has come to an end, as has their challenge for this season's FA Cup, and their last three league matches have ended in defeat - leading Klopp to wave the white flag on their title defence.

Tuesday night, though, was a much-needed reminder of the qualities that drove them to that league win and the Champions League trophy the season before it.

Having survived Olmo's early header, they grew into the game, wresting control away from Leipzig before shellshocking opponents who reached the semi-finals of this competition last year, saw off Manchester United in this season's group stage and currently sit second in the Bundesliga.

The game was billed as master versus apprentice, one of Germany's finest managerial exports of the modern era in Klopp up against the country's - possibly the continent's - brightest young thing in Julian Nagelsmann.

It showcased a shared DNA between two sides intent on playing on the front foot in enemy territory. Players charged forward when they had the ball and harried in a high press when they did not. Fire fought with fire.

It made for a frenetic and fascinating spectacle, which tested even the most lauded of defenders and forced them into errors, chief among them Bayern Munich-bound Dayot Upamecano, who repeatedly gave the ball away as Mane and Salah buzzed around him.

Despite having the better of the first half, applying the more consistent pressure and producing the greater number of chances, Klopp's side were unable to get their noses in front.

In the space of 30 seconds, Salah saw an effort blocked by Gulacsi after he had darted in behind the Leipzig defence before Roberto Firmino fired into the side-netting from an angle.

Mane headed over another opportunity, Robertson was inches away from the beating the back-peddling Gulacsi with an effort from near halfway and Firmino had the ball in the net but only after the ball had gone out of play before being hooked back into the middle.

However, these were all forgotten before the hour mark was reached as the German side snapped and Salah and Mane took advantage.

Leipzig never fully recovered, their only real chance of salvaging anything to take to Merseyside being a shot from an angle that substitute Hwang Hee-chan pulled wide in added time.

It represents a big foot forward towards the quarter-finals for the Reds and a first step on the road to potentially reigniting their flagging season.

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在最后一場小組賽和這場比賽中間，利物浦在聯(lián)賽里有些崩盤了。他們長期保持的聯(lián)賽主場不敗紀錄被終結(jié)，本賽季的足總杯也結(jié)束了，最近三場聯(lián)賽均以失敗告終-克洛普已經(jīng)放棄衛(wèi)冕。

不過，周二晚上的比賽給了他們必要的提醒，提醒他們上個賽季贏得了聯(lián)賽冠軍，再上個賽季贏得了歐冠冠軍。

在經(jīng)歷了奧爾莫的頭球攻門后，他們在比賽里成長了，從萊比錫手里搶回了控球權(quán)。萊比錫全年在歐冠半決賽中被擊敗，在本賽季的歐冠小組賽里擊敗曼聯(lián)，目前在德甲排名第二。

這場比賽被宣傳為師傅對戰(zhàn)徒弟，德國現(xiàn)代最杰出的教練之一克洛普，與德國-可能是歐洲-最聰明的年輕教練尤利安·納格爾斯曼的對決。

這場比賽展示了雙方共同的DNA：都想在對方半場拼搶，球員在拿到球后向前推進，沒有拿到球時高壓逼搶，以攻對攻。

這是一場狂熱且精彩的比賽，即使是最好的后衛(wèi)也經(jīng)受考驗被迫失誤，主要是萊比錫的達約·于帕梅卡諾，在馬內(nèi)和薩拉赫圍繞他逼搶時，他多次傳球失誤。

盡管上半場表現(xiàn)更好，不斷地施加壓力，創(chuàng)造了更多機會，克洛普的球隊并沒有取得領(lǐng)先。

就在30秒的時間內(nèi)，薩拉赫的單刀被古拉奇努力擋出，隨后羅伯托·菲爾米諾的小角度射門打在邊網(wǎng)上。

馬內(nèi)又一次頭球攻門。羅伯遜在離后防線的古拉奇幾英寸的距離時在中線射門。菲爾米諾頭球破門，但球已經(jīng)出界，又被鉤回中路。

然而，這些都被遺忘了，直到德國球隊出現(xiàn)失誤，薩拉赫和馬內(nèi)取得進球。

萊比錫一直沒有恢復(fù)過來，他們對默西塞德球隊（利物浦）唯一的機會就是補時階段替補球員黃喜燦的射門偏出。

這代表著紅軍向歐冠四分之一決賽邁出一大步，也代表著他們重新點燃低迷賽季的第一步。

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Klopp's side leads the way for clean sheets - the stats

克洛普的球隊在不失球方面遙遙領(lǐng)先-數(shù)據(jù)

§? Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of his first Champions League match at Liverpool in September 2017, the Reds have registered more clean sheets in the competition than any other side (18).

§? RB Leipzig have managed only two clean sheets in their 11 home Champions League matches (W6 D2 L3) though this is their first such defeat since October 2019 against Lyon.

§? Among all players within the top five European leagues this season, only Robert Lewandowski (30) has scored more goals in all competitions than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (24).

§? Salah has scored 24 goals in 34 matches in all competitions this season, surpassing his tally for the entirety of the 2019-20 campaign, in which he netted 23 times in 48 appearances.

§? In Curtis Jones and Ozan Kabak (both 20), Liverpool named two players under the age of 21 in their starting XI for an Champions League knockout stage game for the second time, also doing so v Juventus in April 2005 (scott Carson and Anthony le Tallec).

§? Liverpool midfielder Thiago has now enjoyed a win in each of his past 11 Champions League appearances, the joint-longest run of wins by a Spaniard in the history of the competition alongside Javi Martinez (November 2020) and Dani Carvajal (April 2018).

§? In what was his 114th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions, Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson registered his 50th clean sheet for the Reds, with only Jan Oblak (59) and Ederson (64) managing more among goalkeepers within the top five European leagues since he joined the Reds in 2018-19.

§? English sides have now won each of their four European Cup/Champions League encounters to be played in Hungary, with Leeds United (in 1969 & 1974) and Liverpool (in 2009 and 2021) winning twice each.

§? RB Leipzig against Liverpool was the first European Cup/Champions League knockout match to be played in Hungary in just under 30 years, since Budapest Honved beat Sampdoria 2-1 in the last 16 of the 1991-92 competition.

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§? 自從2017年9月尤爾根·克洛普執(zhí)掌利物浦的第一場歐冠比賽起，紅軍有比其他球隊都多的不失球紀錄（18場）。

§? 盡管這是2019年10月對里昂以來首場失利，萊比錫在11場主場比賽里只有兩場不失球（勝6平2負3）.

§? 本賽季歐洲五大聯(lián)賽球員里，只有羅伯特·萊萬多夫斯基（30）所有比賽進球數(shù)比利物浦的穆罕默德·薩拉赫（24）多。

§? 本賽季薩拉赫在全部34場比賽里進了24個球，超過了他在2019-20賽季全部進球數(shù)。

§? 柯蒂斯·瓊斯和奧贊·卡巴克（都是20歲），利物浦第二次將兩名21歲以下球員選入首發(fā)陣容，上一次是在2005年4月對陣尤文圖斯的比賽中（斯科特·卡森和安東尼·勒塔萊克）。

§? 利物浦中場蒂亞戈在他過去的11場歐冠比賽中都取得了勝利，這是這位西班牙球員與哈維·馬丁內(nèi)斯（2020年11月）和丹尼爾? 卡瓦哈爾（2018年4月）共同取得的歐冠歷史最長勝利。

§? 這是巴西門將阿利森自2018-19賽季加盟以來為利物浦出戰(zhàn)的第114場比賽，也是幫助紅軍取得的第50場零封，在歐洲五大聯(lián)賽只有揚·奧布拉克（59場）和埃德森（64場）有更多的零封場數(shù)。

§? 英格蘭球隊在匈牙利進行的四場歐冠比賽均獲得勝利，分別是利茲聯(lián)（1969和1974）和利物浦（2009和2021）各獲勝兩次。

§? 萊比錫對陣利物浦是近20年來在匈牙利舉辦的第一場歐冠淘汰賽，上一次是1991-92賽季歐冠16強比賽中布達佩斯2-1擊敗桑普多利亞。