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Klopp on comeback belief and 'doing better'

Jurgen Klopp was speaking to the media before Liverpool's Europa League quarter-final second leg against Atalanta on Thursday.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

  • He confirmed there are no new injury concerns.

  • Right-back Conor Bradley is expected to return to training at the beginning of May after "overstretching" his ankle ligaments against Crystal Palace.

  • He said "it will be tough" to overturn the three-goal deficit but it is "still possible" if they give "a much better performance".

  • On what went wrong in the first-leg: "Losing the ball in the wrong moments and not being organised. If you want to win the game then you best not concede and that is a big part of match management."

  • He said Atalanta's man-to-man style of play "was not the problem" but says Liverpool "have to do better" in possession.

  • On his team having belief: "We are here and I have been long enough in this business to know it is all about two legs. We are only here for one reason and that is to win."

  • He said before the infamous Champions League comeback against Barcelona in 2020 he told the players "if we fail then let's fail in the most beautiful way".

  • On the Italian striker Gianluca Scamacca, who scored twice against the Reds, Klopp said: "He was exceptional against us as he was a handful and difficult to play against. But we also didn’t make it too difficult for him so we will try to do that this time."

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[BBC]