Klopp reacts to Liverpool’s new English record after Bournemouth win
Liverpool survived some nervy moments against Bournemouth, most notably when James Milner was forced into making a desperate goalline clearance from Ryan Fraser’s lob, but the victory represented a 22nd consecutive league win at Anfield, an all-time English top-flight record.
Reacting to setting a new benchmark which was previously held by the Liverpool team managed by the legendary Bob Paisley, current Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said: ‘We will never compare that with fella.
‘We didn’t think about the number before the game but after we can. It’s special, but we have to fight hard.’
Having surrendered their 44-game unbeaten Premier League run at Watford last weekend, before crashing out of the FA Cup in midweek following a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea, Klopp was delighted his side ended a mini-slump by holding on against Bournemouth.
"We will never compare that with fella, we didn't think about the number before the game but after we can. It's special, but we have to fight hard."
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Liverpool will now concentrate on overturning a 1-0 deficit in their Champions League last 16 tie against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and Klopp was pleased to see his team exhibit their battling qualities ahead of the visit of Diego Simeone’s side to Anfield.
‘I know what the boys are able to do, but I am not the one that is playing, they are,’ he said.
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‘We have said before, confidence is not something that you get, put in your pocket and keep for the rest of your life. It comes and goes. ‘You need that feeling where things work out.
‘You have to fight hard, that’s always the main thing to do, but we have 82 points now, which is really nice. We have to carry on fighting. Give everyone a proper fight and that’s what we did today.’