After securing their spot in the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea, Jurgen Klopp advised his players to never take trophy victories for granted.
It’s amazing. We’ve been there before, so we know what to anticipate. It’s excellent, wonderful, and wonderful for our people. said Klopp on Wednesday night following Liverpool’s run to the Carabao Cup final.
“Once more, Chelsea, what an incredible tale.”
For tonight, I told the boys that we are the fortunate ones to be a part of a football team and club that can win trophies; you have to qualify for the finals in order to do so. You should never take that for granted.
When Chelsea and Liverpool square off in the Carabao Cup final next month, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp thinks Chelsea will be looking for retribution.
The League Cup and FA Cup finals between the Reds and Blues two years ago, both of which went to Klopp’s team, will be replayed. The Merseysiders earned their trip to Wembley with a fierce 1-1 second-leg draw at Craven Cottage.
After winning 2-1 at Anfield earlier this month, Liverpool secured a 3-2 aggregate victory. Issa Diop’s 76th-minute equalizer gave Fulham late hope, but Luis Diaz put the visitors ahead in the first half.
Klopp is now scheming to undermine Mauricio Pochettino in an attempt to atone for Chelsea’s 2022 season-ending losses.
“We all know it’s against Chelsea, but it will be a big one,” he remarked. “After facing us twice in the past two years, they will want to correct the record.”
Diaz had an especially impressive game against Fulham, which left Klopp very impressed with him that evening.
“He performed admirably. Though I have nothing but praise for him as a player, I wish he had assisted on the second goal and scored the third.
“I’m really happy because of his speed, power, technique, and combination of that, which is outstanding.”
Fulham exerted significant effort to send the match into overtime, but Silva was frustrated by his team’s earlier missed opportunities at the end of regulation.
Silva thinks that Liverpool’s big-game experience was what separated the two teams.
“I felt like they were much calmer than us tonight, and to them, it was just another game,” he remarked. For the majority of our players, participating in this competition’s semifinal is a novel experience, but that’s the reality.
“In these kinds of situations, I think the players and the club will both grow.”
