As featured on NewsNow: Football news

Liverpool manager Klopp laughs about Champions League group: It's tough obviously!

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted he laughed at the club's Champions League draw for the 2021/22 season.

The Reds were placed in Group B alongside Atletico Madrid, FC Porto and AC Milan during the draw in Istanbul.

Offering his immediate reaction to the club's website, Klopp said: "I laughed, to be honest, pretty loud because it is a tough group obviously.

"It's Champions League, so that's how it is, and you have to play the best teams in Europe, and obviously some of them are in our group!

"We played, I don't know how often, already against Porto, so they will be waiting for us. We have obviously a little bit of [an] open bill with Atletico, and AC Milan, a historical one obviously.

"So, I think our supporters should be looking forward to it – we do, for sure.

"I know that people sit always at home and think, 'Ah come on, that would be cool, then you have this team together and the worst of pot four and the worst of pot one' and all this kind of stuff.

"So, we didn't get that obviously but we're still pretty ambitious and would like to show the really hard work from last year, qualifying for the Champions League, that it was worth it. That's how we will play the games."

Video of the day:

About the author

Freddie Taylor

×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

  1. Go Ad-Free
  2. Faster site experience
  3. Support great writing
  4. Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free
×

Subscribe and go ad-free

For only $10 a year

Subscribe now
Launch Offer: 2 months free