Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp heaped praise on Luis Diaz after their 3-2 win over Villarreal in the Champions League semi-final second leg.

The Reds were trailing 2-0 at half time, with the tie at 2-2, away from home in Spain on Tuesday.

However, they put in a resounding second half display, with Diaz terrorising the Villarreal defence, and won 3-2 on the night and 5-2 on aggregate.

Speaking post-match, Klopp said of Diaz: "He had a massive impact. But what I don't like about this is the next story is around that Diogo Jota was our problem: he was not at all our problem, we just had to mix it up.

"We had 11 problems, if you want, in the first half. We just had to mix it up, you can do that with explaining, what I did obviously, but you need then fresh input as well. Sadio all of a sudden was involved in the game, that was nothing to do with the position, it must have been a misunderstanding.

"For specific situations I wanted Mo and Sadio high and wide, but not in open play situations. So even after working for so long together… it's just because it means so much, that's how it is, it means so much. First half all of a sudden we were not ourselves but second half we were ourselves and that's why we won the game.

"Yes of course, Luis, what a goal and he had a few more situations. I think the first one he takes with a bicycle kick, if he takes that on the chest he can score already. So yeah, top performance."