On June 2nd, Liverpool went on to win the Champions League with a 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur at Madrid and Jurgen Klopp has revealed that night stands out above the rest.
The Liverpool boss had yet to win a single piece of major silverware with the Reds since taking charge in 2015 before that point but finally broke that drought as he guided his side to a stunning run in the European competition.
Goals from Egyptian King Mohamed Salah and Belgian striker Divock Origi sealed the victory, and it was the second goal by Origi that Klopp remembers most fondly throughout all the Champions League nights so far with Liverpool.
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While speaking to BT Sport, the 52-year-old German explained the moment when Divock Origi struck in the 83rd minute of the game to call but confirm Liverpool’s name on the title. He said, “The wonderful Divock Origi goal, it was not our best game, it was not the best game of Tottenham, It was a final, we had to learn that as a team that we needed to win this kind of average games. We needed to accept that if we do not perform at our best, then we need to do other things to win. When Divock scored the goal, I knew on the night that it was enough so we would win. That was my biggest memory. It was job done, and I really loved it.”
Klopp added that it was one of the greatest nights of his life having previously lost the Champions League against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich when he was in charge of Borussia Dortmund in 2013, “I know that it was one of the greatest nights of my life, I said it after the game as well. The immediate first feeling after the game was relief 100 per cent. I felt directly for [Tottenham manager] Mauricio [Pochettino], went to him, gave him a hug and it’s like a strange situation where you are in between being really happy and really feeling for another person. Because I knew exactly that day how he felt.”
Liverpool are currently 25 points at the summit of the Premier League table and look set to end their 30 year-long wait for a top-flight title.
