Despite the goals of Konate, Sadio Mane and Diaz at the Estadio da Luz, however, Klopp felt that his attacks could have scored four or more goals. Liverpool’s trio of strikes means they continue to have an average of at least three away goals in every European game they have played in their travels this year. And now they have won their last eight away games in all competitions, which is a new club record. However, Klopp admitted that it was not a perfect night for his team despite their 16th win in their last 17 league and cup games. And he paid tribute to Benfica goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos who prevented his team from killing the tie. Speaking to BT Sport, Klopp said after the match: “In the end we came here and won an away game in the Champions League which is difficult. Benfica fought for their lives. We gave them a little, we opened the door a little too much, but It was worth the goal, although we could have defended it a little better, they had counterattacks, they have very good players. YOU MUST READ: Arsenal and Manchester United have promised to buy Nunez as it shows his clinical side “It was a difficult game – what I expected. Especially when they scored, obviously people were there immediately. We knew it, we always know it, 2-0 is nothing. It’s nice, but no more. They scored the goal and that was very more open than we obviously wanted, but in the end we should have scored in the first half, we could have scored again in the second. “The goalkeeper was probably the best player, they played well, but the goalkeeper was the best player, he made some very good saves. That was it. We won it, two goals at half time. No more, no less, let’s move on. “With the situations we have we usually score more. But we did not do it, mainly because of the goalkeeper. That is almost the story. Putting three, we could have scored in the last seconds maybe. A quarter we would be fine, but we are not in the country of dreams here.It’s half time. MORE NEWS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE … Manchester City beat Atletico Madrid: Five things we learned Pep Guardiola welcomes the “special” trio of Manchester City after the victory of Atletico, Tomas is better than Tomas T of Real Madrid “It’s a better result than we had before [at 0-0] and we know a lot more about the opponent. They will do it again, they won at Ajax and got the results they needed in the group stage. We know their quality. Now we have a nice game in between! “But we will be ready for Benfica again.” Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson told BT Sport: “It was a difficult game. We were at the top in the first half, we created good chances and we could probably have gone for two more. We wanted to keep it tight and unfortunately we did it. “They managed to do that. They managed to score a goal that lifted the crowd, lifted them and they started to win balls. We started to be sloppy, but the third goal was big. There is definitely work to be done.” Mane added: “I am happy to have scored, but I am happier that the team has scored three goals and we are ready for the next game. It is a great start. [to a big week]. We can not expect anything better than that. “Now we are preparing for the next game.” Liverpool will now face Manchester City on Sunday at the Etihad, in a huge game that could help a lot in their decision for the destination of the league title. He faces Benfica in the rematch of the quarterfinals in Anfield next Wednesday.
