Jurgen Klopp is looking forward to his final Liverpool away match of his managerial reign – at a ground that was ‘really important’ on the road to winning the Premier League title.
The Reds make the trip to Aston Villa on Monday night with third place in the Premier League secured. In the 2019-20 season, Liverpool secured a vital 2-1 victory at Villa Park when they scored two late goals through Andy Robertson and Sadio Mane.
It’s one of the games most fans remember on the way to the Reds being crowned champions of England for the first time in 30 years. And Klopp, speaking at his pre-match press conference, revealed there was a fracas in the dressing room at half-time as Liverpool trailed. But it helped spark a much improved second-half display to earn all three points.
Klopp said: “Really special game when we won 2-1. At half-time, we had a little situation in the dressing room then we could calm it down and then we turned the game around, which was really special. That’s when you go for everything and everything is on the edge and these kind of things can happen. We turned around two really special goals, Sadio with the head and the boys really wanted it. It was a very important one. A great feeling after the game.
“Little argument between two players. You will not get the names from me! It wasn’t a problem – it was just the situation. That’s exactly how it should be to turn it around. The group of players is really special. It meant so much but things can happen when you work with each other for a lot of time, that’s normal, but it worked out.”