Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has used the example of Atletico Madrid to inspire his players ahead of the Europa League semi-final second leg with Villarreal.

The Reds lost the first leg of their tie 1-0 in Spain and they will need to better that result at Anfield on Thursday to win the tie.

The German manager wants his players to emulate Atletico's performance against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Champions League in order to book their spot in the Europa League final.

He said: "We will be really, really prepared – maybe perfectly prepared – and in the end we have to accept they are a pretty good side and there is no guarantee of anything.

"That is always the same in life and if you saw the Champions League semi-final, I think everybody expected Bayern to go through, and maybe they were the better team possibly, but Atletico Madrid with heart fought themselves into the final – and they deserved it, 100 per cent.

'That's the great thing about football and that's what we should try too."