Champions League: Lucas Moura finally reacts to Tottenham’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, speaks on Pochettino

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Champions League: Lucas Moura finally reacts to Tottenham’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool, speaks on Pochettino

 

Tottenham Hotspur forward, Lucas Moura, has finally reacted to his side’s Champions League final 2-0 defeat to Liverpool over the weekend at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid.

Moura stated that he respected Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino’s decision for benching him against Liverpool, adding that he was sad and very proud of his teammates despite the loss.

Pochettino opted to play Heung-min Son, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen against the Reds as goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi ensured Jurgen Klopp’s side defeated Tottenham.

“I was very, very sad. It is normal, I wanted to win. I really thought it was possible,” Moura was quoted by Evening Standard as saying.

“I am sad but very proud of my teammates, my team. I think we had a wonderful season. It was not easy to reach the final.

“He [Pochettino] must choose a starting XI, I must respect it. Most importantly, I was ready to play. I was on the bench thinking about what I could do to help the team.

“When I entered, I tried to do the best but it was not possible. It is football; you have to respect the coach.”

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Champions League final: Michael Owen predicts Tottenham vs Liverpool

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Champions League final: Michael Owen predicts Tottenham vs Liverpool

 

Former Premier League star, Michael Owen has backed Liverpool to beat Tottenham Hotspur in tonight’s Champions League final in Madrid.

Owen, a former Liverpool star, believes it’s the Reds’ time to win the Europe top-flight competition having lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in the Champions League final last year.

Liverpool reached the Champions League final after defeating Barcelona in the semi-final encounter played last month, while Mauricio Pochettino’s side dumped Ajax out of the competition.

Owen told BetVictor, “Liverpool have lost their last four Cup Finals, but I don’t think that will count a jot in the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

“This Liverpool team have come of age. They probably weren’t quite ready in Kiev 12 months ago – but they are now. Let’s hope Spurs going forward have their own day in the sun. They, too, deserve it.

“Jurgen Klopp has lost two Champions League finals; his Borussia Dortmund side lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich at Wembley in 2013 and his Liverpool side lost 3-1 to a Gareth Bale inspired Real Madrid in the Ukraine 12 months ago.

“Forget third time lucky – this is the Reds’ time.”

Owen added, “Harry Kane reported earlier in the week that he is fit for the Final although I would expect Mauricio Pochettino to start his star striker on the bench in lieu of his lack of match fitness.

“That said, you could say the same thing about both teams who start in Madrid given it will be just shy of 20 days since the clubs played their last PL game of the season. Too long? I wonder although at least it is a level playing field on Saturday.”

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Tottenham vs Liverpool: Pochettino releases strong starting XI for Champions League final [Full list]

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Tottenham vs Liverpool: Pochettino releases strong starting XI for Champions League final [Full list]

Tottenham Hotspur have released a strong squad to tackle Liverpool in tonight’s Champions League final in Madrid.

According to Evening Standard, Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, released a list of 11 players to start the match at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Tottenham reached the Champions League final after defeating Ajax in the semi-final encounter last month, while Jurgen Klopp’s side dumped Barcelona out of the competition.

Below is Tottenham’s starting XI against Liverpool:

Lloris; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose; Winks, Sissoko, Alli; Eriksen, Son, Kane.

The kick-off time for the match is 8pm.

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Champions League final: Danny Murphy predicts Tottenham vs Liverpool

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Champions League final: Danny Murphy predicts Tottenham vs Liverpool

 

Former Liverpool star, Danny Murphy has backed Jurgen Klopp’s side to beat Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final this Saturday in Madrid.

Murphy believes Liverpool will be too strong for Spurs, adding that the Reds have been winning under a lot of pressure recently.

Liverpool reached the Champions League final after defeating Barcelona in the semi-final, while Tottenham dumped Ajax out of the competition.

Speaking on Champions League final, Murphy was quoted by Mirror UK as saying: “It will be a good game but overall, Liverpool will have too much for Tottenham.

“Liverpool have been winning under a lot of pressure recently and it becomes a habit. Also, last year’s defeat to Real Madrid will want to be put to bed.

“Once you have done one or two finals, it does get easier and that will be a plus for Liverpool.

“But always in football, one bit of brilliance from Tottenham or a silly tackle from Liverpool then things will change. In football, anything can happen.

“I am an ex-Liverpool and ex-Tottenham player, but I was brought up on Liverpool and I want them to win but if they do lose, then they have lost to the humblest of managers and a team that has not been built of millions of pounds. It is a win-win for me.”

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Champions League: Ajax send message to Tottenham ahead of semi-final clash

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Champions League: Ajax send message to Tottenham ahead of semi-final clash

Ajax have sent a powerful message to Tottenham ahead of their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday.

The English side will go head-to-head with the Dutch champions later today.

Tottenham will be hoping to take a lead to Amsterdam for next Wednesday’s game at the Johan Cruijff Arena.

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First choice striker, Harry Kane, Erik Lamela, Harry Winks and Serge Aurier remain unavailable due to their respective injuries.

Son Heung-min will also be absent after his booking in the previous round at Man City saw him pick up a one-game ban.

However, Moussa Sissoko and Jan Vertonghen could be back from injury ahead of the game in N17 after returning to training at Hotspur Way on Monday morning.

Vertonghen is one of four ex-Ajax players in the squad with Toby Alderweireld, Christian Eriksen and Davinson Sanchez also previously spending time with the Dutch giants.

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Ajax sent a message to their former stars on Twitter having posted images of them during their time at the club.

“We love you. But we will fight you,” they tweeted.

Ajax beat European Champions, Real Madrid and Italian Champions, Juventus to reach this stage.

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Champions League: Bayern Will Be A Hard Nut To Crack - Real Madrid Player, Kroos

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Champions League: Bayern Will Be A Hard Nut To Crack - Real Madrid Player, Kroos

Real Madrid midfielder, Toni Kroos, has stated that the Champions League unleashes special powers on Zinedine Zidane’s men.

Kross said this ahead of Wednesday’s first leg semi-final clash with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

According to the 28-year-old, Zidane’s men play extra well when the Champions League music plays and this may be because the competition unlocks something inside of the players.

The German international, however, admitted that their Champions League clash with Bayern will not be easy for the La Liga champions.

“This competition is the hardest to win, maybe that unleashes special powers in us,” Kross told UEFA.com.

“Emotions always play a part, especially on Champions League nights at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. “You can see that in our performances.

“A lot of the players have played in plenty of big games and we can stay calm in difficult situations because we know we can beat everybody.

“Even when we aren’t winning, we can change a game.

“We’ve experienced lots of situations so we don’t get anxious.”

Kross added, “Of course it’s special when you play against a team you represented for six or seven years.”

“I’ll see a lot of players I used to play with, or who I still play with in the national team.

“I played under Jupp Heynckes myself for a long time and I know he’s a top coach.

“When he came back, he changed the feeling of the whole team.

“Since he arrived, they’ve played much better so I think they’re harder to beat than last year but we’ll see.”

                                                  

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Champions League: Am Confident Liverpool Will Finish The Job At Roma - Henderson

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Champions League: Am Confident Liverpool Will Finish The Job At Roma - Henderson

Liverpool captain, Jordan Henderson is confident that the club can ‘finish the job’ and reach the Champions League final next week following Tuesday’s exciting 5-2 win over AS Roma in the semi-final first leg clash at Anfield.

Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firminho scored two goals each, while Sadio Mane made it 5-0 within 75 minutes.

However, Roma pulled 2 back giving the visitors hope ahead of the second leg in Rome next week.

Late goals from Eden Dzeko and Diego Perotti ensured the visitors left Anfield still in the game.

Henderson feels Jurgen Klopp’s men can upset the Italian giants in Rome and qualify for the Champions League final scheduled for next month in Kiev.

“I think we’ll obviously be disappointed with the two goals because it felt as though we were in full control and we basically gave them two goals, [which] you can’t really do at Champions League [level],” Henderson told BT Sport.

“But at the same time we’ve played well, we’ve won the game and we’ll go there with a three-goal advantage.

“It’ll be difficult because as you’ve seen in the last round, they came back against Barcelona, who are one of the best teams in the world, and they managed to knock them out so it’ll be a really tough challenge for us, but we’ve got to be confident after the performance. We’ve got to go there and put a solid display on and hopefully get us to the final.”

“I thought some of the runs and some of the balls in behind were brilliant. It’s probably disappointing to not score more, to be honest, but overall we’ve got to stay positive,” the midfielder continued.

“It was another huge game, we knew it wouldn’t be easy tonight, we knew it wouldn’t be easy over there, it’s really tough as Barcelona found so we need to be on our best.

“But I fancy us to go there and score as well, with the forward players we’ve got. It’ll be a challenge, but one we’ve got to look forward to and hopefully we can finish the job off.”

                                                  

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Ian Wright Tips Salah To Win Ballon d'Or Ahead Of Messi, Ronaldo

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Ian Wright Tips Salah To Win Ballon d'Or Ahead Of Messi, Ronaldo

Former Arsenal striker, Ian Wright, has tipped Mohamed Salah to win the Ballon d’Or if he guides Liverpool to UEFA Champions League glory.

Salah’s sensational debut season at Anfield, has put him in the running to challenge Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the world’s most prestigious individual award.

The Egyptian has scored 43 goals in 47 games across all competitions, since his summer move from Roma.

When quizzed if Salah could end Messi and Ronaldo’s duopoly since 2008, Wright told SkySports Debate : “Salah is in that conversation, of course he is. With the World Cup coming in, the form he is you’d like to think he’ll keep that for the World Cup.

“Obviously depending on what Liverpool do in the Champions League, if they do go on and win it, then you have to say when you look at Cristiano Ronaldo, he’s saved much of his best work for the Champions League.

“He’s [Ronaldo] won the Ballon d’Or a couple of times, and not just for those reasons but if Mo Salah keeps on doing what he’s doing, he’s not only in the conversation, he’s got a very good chance of winning it.”

The Egypt international who has scored 31 goals in 33 league matches this campaign, could become the highest ever goalscorer in a single Premier League season if he finds the back of the net against Stoke City on Saturday.

                                                  

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Champions League: Klopp Reveals Why Liverpool Won't Flop Against Roma Like Barcelona

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Champions League: Klopp Reveals Why Liverpool Won't Flop Against Roma Like Barcelona

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has insisted his side won’t fall apart like Barcelona did, when they take on Roma in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final clash.

The Reds travel to the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday with Barcelona’s quarter-final capitulation in mind, after Roma came back from a 4-1 first-leg defeat to win the tie on the away goals rule.

“Now we have to work again in Rome. That’s no problem. There would have been work for us to do if we’d won 5-0 because Roma would have tried everything to strike back anyway.

“And what I learned tonight is that we can win the second game as well, even when it will be different. Roma need to score goals against us. I said it a few times and it should not sound like a warning or whatever, but we are not Barcelona.

“They are one of the two or three best teams in the world and they won so many things in the last few years. We didn’t.

“So we will fight with all we have for that result again. It’s much better than I could have expected before the game, but now in the moment of course I feel the two goals we conceded still,” Klopp told the media on Tuesday night.

                                                  

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Champions League: Steven Gerrard, Lampard Reveal Why Salah Can't Celebrate His Goals Against Roma

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Champions League: Steven Gerrard, Lampard Reveal Why Salah Can't Celebrate His Goals Against Roma

Liverpool superstar, Mohammed Salah, chose not to celebrate his brace against Roma in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash on Tuesday night.

Salah left the Serie A giants for the Premier League club in the summer, putting pen to paper with Liverpool in a deal worth £35million.

When he netted twice against them at Anfield, he held up his hands in the air, as his team-mates went wild around him.

Speaking in the BT Sport studio after the game Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, and Steven Gerrard reacted to his lack of celebration.

Lineker said: “Equally impressive was that it must have been so difficult not to celebrate in the semi-final of the Champions League and out of respect, obviously for Roma, he didn’t.”

Lampard replied: “Fair play, I like that.”

“Inside he must have been bursting to go crazy,” Gerrard added.

                                                  

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Champions League: Klopp Reacts To Salah's Part In Liverpool 5-2 Win Over Roma

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Champions League: Klopp Reacts To Salah's Part In Liverpool 5-2 Win Over Roma

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has hailed the “outstanding” Mohamed Salah after his match-winning performance against Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Salah scored the two opening goals against his former side during the 5-2 victory at Anfield and assisted the following two for Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

The Egyptian winger now has 43 goals in 47 games for Liverpool this season.

“In that shape, [he was] outstanding – pretty much not to defend, to be honest.

“In the first 15 minutes, we needed to learn a little bit, to adapt to the formation of the opponent. Then we played how we played. He has a massive impact on that, of course.

“The first goal is just a genius strike. He’s already scored a few like this – that makes it even more special. It makes it clear it is no coincidence. The second goal was brilliant play… Then he makes the other two goals.

“If you think he’s the best in the world, write it or say it. He is in outstandingly good shape, in world-class shape, 100 per cent. That’s good.

“To be the best in the world you need to do that over a longer period, I think. There are a few others who are not too bad. He is a fantastic player and I’m really happy to have him,” Klopp told reporters after the game.

                                                  

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Champions League: Keane, Dixon Reveal Favourites Trophy Winners

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Champions League: Keane, Dixon Reveal Favourites Trophy Winners

Former Manchester United and Arsenal legends, Roy Keane and Lee Dixon have revealed their favourites to lift this season’s Champions League trophy.

Liverpool and Roma secured their places in the semi-finals on Tuesday evening after memorable victories over Manchester City and Barcelona respectively.

Relatively, Real Madrid reached the last four after a dramatic win over Juventus and were joined by Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid are the bookmakers’ favourites to win the trophy in Kiev but Arsenal great, Dixon has opined that Liverpool’s attack can get the better of any opposition on their day.

Dixon told ITV Sports, “Liverpool have got a great chance with those three up front. Even if they get drawn against Real Madrid with their two full-backs and how they don’t defend – I think Liverpool can beat anybody.”

But according to Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored a late penalty to knock Juventus out of the competition, makes Madrid the clear favourites.

Keane also told ITV, “The only edge I would give to Liverpool would be Real Madrid because of Ronaldo – simple as that.

“Okay, they have a dodgy goalkeeper, they were poor at the back but Ramos will be back.

“Slight favourites would be Real Madrid because of their experience and Ronaldo is the main man.”

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Champions League: Liverpool Is Capable Of Putting Real Madrid To Bed - Ferdinand

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Champions League: Liverpool Is Capable Of Putting Real Madrid To Bed - Ferdinand

Former Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand has claimed that Liverpool are capable of beating Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals.

The Reds were imperious Tuesday evening as they beat Manchester City for the second time in a week to book their place in the semifinals.

Liverpool and Roma will likely be joined by Real Madrid, as well as the winner from the tightly-poised clash between Bayern Munich and Sevilla.

Ferdinand said other teams will be desperate to avoid them in the draw.

He told BT Sport, “None of the other three teams (Madrid, Bayern or Roma) that go through to the semi-finals will want to be drawn against Liverpool.

“At the moment, they are capable of putting anyone to bed.”

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Champions League: Klopp Reaction To Barcelona 3-0 Defeat By Roma

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Champions League: Klopp Reaction To Barcelona 3-0 Defeat By Roma

Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has said he thought it was a prank, when he heard that Barcelona had been eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday night.

Klopp masterminded a 5-1 aggregate win over Manchester City in their quarter-final clash, but will not be facing Barcelona in the last four.

Lionel Messi and co were dumped out of the competition, after Roma beat them 3-0 in Roma, winning the tie on away rules.

“I walked up the stairs and somebody told me. I thought it was a joke.

“Not to disrespect Roma. They lost Salah and are in the semis. That’s something else.

“This competition is quite fair and I really think a normal final would have been Manchester City against Barcelona, and now they are both out.

“But there will still be two other really strong teams in there plus Roma and us. We will see what happens but that’s not the thing I have to think about right now,” Klopp told reporters after their game at The Etihad Stadium.

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Champions League: What Klopp Did That Led To Liverpool 2-1 Win At Etihad

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Champions League: What Klopp Did That Led To Liverpool 2-1 Win At Etihad

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, has revealed what he told his players at half time that led to their 2-1 win over Manchester City at the Etihad on Tuesday.

Liverpool beat Man City 2-1 in the second leg of the Champions League quarter final to book their place in the semifinal 5-1 on aggregate.

Gabriel Jesus’ goal after two minutes gave City even more confidence to push forward.

City were unable to find a second by half-time, although they were unlucky to have Leroy Sane’s goal ruled out by an incorrect offside decision.

In the second half, Liverpool equalised as Mohamed Salah finished a swift counter-attacking move.

Roberto Firmino made it 2-1 for Liverpool with 13 minutes remaining. Klopp admits his players needed a strong message at half-time.

He said, “I said at half-time, if we score a goal it will change the atmosphere. That was clear.

“You saw the City line-up, they took all the risk. But there was always a chance for us.

“I would have been nervous at 3-0 down at half-time, but we would still have had a chance.”

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Champions League: What Klopp Want His Players To Do Against Manchester City

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Champions League: What Klopp Want His Players To Do Against Manchester City

Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp has warned his players to prepare for a Manchester City ’thunderstorm’ ahead of their Champions League quarter final second leg on Tuesday.

Liverpool look to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League having 3-0 advantage over City.

The Reds stunned Pep Guardiola’s men 3-0 at Anfield in the first leg but Klopp is taking nothing for granted against the Premier League champions-elect.

He said, “I saw the City v United game at the weekend. It was one of the best first halves I ever saw. It was like a thunderstorm.

“Then, in the second half, they change the game. After the first goal, one team gains rhythm, another team loses rhythm. The game changes.

“We can go through all scenarios: they score early, we score early and all that stuff. It is not to plan like this. I cannot tell the boys, ‘Boys, score early’. Well, I can, but I am not sure that it really helps. It is all clear.

“We have to think about football, what we have to do, where we have to do it. The boys knew after the [first] game. This is half-time. The game is not over.

“We are in the lead, nothing else. Being in the lead is not winning. We need a little bit more from this game.”

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Champions League: Roma Vs Barcelona; Match Detail

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Champions League: Roma Vs Barcelona; Match Detail

Tuesday night clash at the Stadio Olimpico in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals match.

Valverde’s men won the first leg 4-1 at Camp Nou last week and will hope to beat the Italian club so as to qualify for the semi-finals of the competition.

Midfielder, Sergio Busquets is a doubt for Tuesday’s game, after suffering a setback in his recovery from a foot problem. The Spaniard is in contention to play, but is not likely to be risked.

Andres Iniesta, Jordi Alba and Samuel Umtiti are expected to return to the starting XI after being rested against Leganes in the La Liga at the weekend.

Lucas Digne and Sergi Samper are also both sidelined with respective injury problems, while Phillipe Coutinho is ineligible to play due to his involvement in Liverpool’s Champions League campaign earlier this season.

Meanwhile, Roma, who are unbeaten at home in the Champions League this season, are yet to concede a goal at Stadio Olimpico in the competition.

The Italian club have received a big boost with the return of Radja Nainggolan, who missed the first leg match at the Camp Nou due to injury.

The midfielder is a key part of this Roma side, having provided 8 assists this season, and his recovery from the thigh injury is good news for the home side.

Cengiz is another player named in the squad who missed the first leg with injury problems.

The winger is not certain to start, but his inclusion in the squad is a positive sign.

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Champions League: Valverde Reacts To Barcelona 4-1 Win Over Roma

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Champions League: Valverde Reacts To Barcelona 4-1 Win Over Roma

Barcelona manager, Ernesto Valverde has said he doesn’t know if Roma deserved to be awarded two penalties because he hadn’t seen the replays.

However, Valverde feels there were calls which went against his team, too.

The Barca boss was speaking after their 4-1 win over Roma in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.

The referee ruled Nelson Semedo’s challenge on Dzeko in the ninth minute was legal and determined that Samuel Umtiti’s first-half foul on Lorenzo Pellegrini was outside the box.

“I saw penalties [for Barcelona] that we weren’t awarded tonight as well,” he said.

“Everyone sees things their own way,” he added.

Valverde was happy with the result, even though he would have preferred not to concede an away goal.

“It’s a struggle to win every game,” he added.

“So it’s a good result, although I would have preferred to win 3-0 than 4-1. That said, Marc-Andre [Ter Stegen] had some tough saves to make and Roma had some clear scoring opportunities. They’re a good side, it was difficult for us to break them down and get past the first line of pressure.

“But we haven’t done anything yet. I don’t see us in the semifinal, not at all,” he said.

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Champions League: We Would Beat Barcelona If Not For The Referee - Francesco

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Champions League: We Would Beat Barcelona If Not For The Referee -  Francesco

Roma manager, Eusebio Di Francesco, has claimed Barcelona received help from the referee on Wednesday, as the LaLiga leaders beat them 4-1 in the Champions League quarter-finals.

However, Di Francesco also conceded that his own team made too many mistakes, with own goals either side of half-time giving Barca a two-goal lead at Camp Nou.

Gerard Pique added the third before Edin Dzeko pulled one back for the visitors with 10 minutes remaining.

However, Luis Suarez restored the home side’s three-goal lead in the 87th minute to give them a commanding lead going into next week’s second leg.

Di Francesco insists things would have been different, if match official Danny Makkelie had awarded his side two penalties.

“It’s going to be very difficult to qualify from here but it would be less difficult if the referee hadn’t helped them, especially with the big decisions,” Di Francesco said in his postgame news conference.

“But we made mistakes and we made it easy for them, which you can’t do against Barca. Daniele [De Rossi] has made a mistake, which can happen, then [Kostas] Manolas was unfortunate with the second own goal.

“Evidently that’s our fault, but Barca are good enough without help from the officials. Semedo on Dzeko is a clear penalty and then later there’s another on Pellegrini,” he added.

Asked if he felt the scoreline was unfair, Di Francesco added: “Yes, absolutely, given how we played. We had a lot of chances. I think it’s a result that doesn’t demonstrate what we did on the pitch.

“We have to keep dreaming, though. Why not? It’s a result that favours Barca but I want my team to put on a show in front of our fans next week.”

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Champions League: Pep Guardiola Slams Liverpool Fans, Maintains City Will Sail Through

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Champions League: Pep Guardiola Slams Liverpool Fans, Maintains City  Will Sail Through

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has slammed Liverpool fans for attacking the club’s bus before the 3-0 defeat at Anfield.

Guardiola said they believe in their strength to turn the game around at the Etihad next Tuesday, insisting that he has no complaints with his players’ performance.

Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane netted at Anfield.

He said, “We showed up from the beginning, we started with enormous personality but they scored a goal.

“We continued to play but they scored two more goals. It is tough. They had 10-15 minutes in the first half when they were better.

“In the second half, we tried everything but we couldn’t find a goal. The first two goals, we had control of the game but they scored.

“I don’t have too many regrets or complaints. Nobody believes but we have another game.

“They had two attacks and scored two goals. That was tough but for the rest of the game we were so, so good. We had to score a goal but they defended more.

“We have to accept it and now we have [Manchester] United at home and then Liverpool at home.

“We see what happens. Of course it is difficult but we believe.”

The Reds were forced to issue a statement apologising to City after the visitors’ team bus was damaged by their fans as they arrived at Anfield.

And Guardiola added, “Normally when the police know it is going to happen, they tried to avoid it from happening.

“So, I did not expect that from the Liverpool side, their people.

“One year ago something happened in Dortmund so we come here to play football and I don’t understand this kind of situation.

“The bus is destroyed but I did not expect a prestigious club like Liverpool doing this kind of thing.

“It is not Liverpool, it is the people, but hopefully it does not happen again.”

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