【欧冠淘汰赛】“我们超出了预期”，克洛普在利物浦掌控了与莱比锡的欧冠淘汰赛后说

We defied expectations，says klopp after Liverpool take control of Leipzig tie

我们超出了期待。”克洛普在利物浦掌握了与莱比锡的欧足联冠军联赛淘汰赛后说。

Liverpool boss jurgen klopp says his side defied many people ' s expectation s with their first-leg victory over Rb Leipzig in the last 16 of the

利物浦主教练克洛普表示，他的球队在欧足联冠军联赛16强第一轮击败莱比锡的比赛中，寄予了很多期望。

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane struck in the space of five minutes near the start of the second half in an away leg played in Budapest's Puskas Arena because of Covid-19 restrictions.

It came after the Reds had fallen to three straight defeats in the Premier League - results that have led Klopp to concede defeat in their defence of the English top-flight title.

But Tuesday's display was far more like the dominant side of last season, with their greater experience and quality ultimately telling against an error-prone German side.

"A lot of people probably expected us to slip again because of the situation, and the boys didn't and I'm really happy about that," Klopp told BT Sport.

"It was the game we wanted, the game we needed. Leipzig can be a real monster - they overrun teams, they are really physical and tonight we controlled them in an exceptional way.

"For two years we've been really good and this year we have some problems. It's normal that the talks start - I have no problem with that. But the boys showed what they can do."

Liverpool had largely dominated possession and created the better chances before the break but two defensive errors and two neat finishes swung the game and the tie their way.

Salah showed superb awareness to quickly latch on to a loose back-pass before finishing neatly.

Mane was then equally alert to take advantage of a fluffed attempted clearance from Nordi Mukiele to charge through and side-foot past Peter Gulacsi.

However, they had been fortunate not to fall behind inside five minutes when Dani Olmo's header from an Angelino cross struck the base of the post.

Having managed the game well after going 2-0 up, Klopp's side will defend their advantage at Anfield on 10 March, when they will be firm favourites to go one round further than they managed last season.

由于新冠疫情的限制，在布达佩斯的普斯卡什球场进行的客场比赛中，穆罕默德·萨拉赫和萨迪奥·马内在下半场开始后的五分钟内破门。

此前，红军在英超赛场遭遇了三连败，这使得克洛普在卫冕英超冠军的道路上败下阵来。

但周二的表现更像是上赛季的统治力，他们更丰富的经验和更强的实力战胜了这支容易犯错的德国球队。

“因为目前的状况，许多人可能预计我们会再次失利，但小伙子们没有，我非常高兴。”克洛普告诉BT体育。

“这是我们想要的比赛，也是我们需要的比赛。莱比锡是一位真正的对手-他们超越了其他球队，他们真的很强壮，但今晚我们用特殊的方式控制住了他们。”

“过去的两年我们一直表现的很好，今年我们遇到了一些问题。会谈开始是正常的，我对此没有意见，但小伙子们展示了他们的能力。”

利物浦控制了大部分的球权，并在中场休息前创造了更好的机会，但两次致命的失误和两个漂亮的进球改变了比赛的局面。

萨拉赫表现出高超的意识，他抓住了一个松懈的回传球，然后灵巧地进球。

随后，马内同样警觉地利用了诺尔迪·米基埃勒的一次解围失误，突破并攻入彼得·古拉奇把守的球门。

然而，他们很幸运在五分钟前没有落后，达尼·奥尔莫接安赫利尼奥的传中头球攻门击中门柱。

在2-0领先后，克洛普的球队很好地完成了比赛。他们将在3月10日在安菲尔德捍卫自己的优势，到那时他们很可能比上个赛季前进一轮。

Liverpool take first step on road to recovery

利物浦在复兴之路上迈出了第一步

In the gap between their final group game and this, Liverpool's season has imploded somewhat. Their long unbeaten domestic home record has come to an end, as has their challenge for this season's FA Cup, and their last three league matches have ended in defeat - leading Klopp to wave the white flag on their title defence.

Tuesday night, though, was a much-needed reminder of the qualities that drove them to that league win and the Champions League trophy the season before it.

Having survived Olmo's early header, they grew into the game, wresting control away from Leipzig before shellshocking opponents who reached the semi-finals of this competition last year, saw off Manchester United in this season's group stage and currently sit second in the Bundesliga.

The game was billed as master versus apprentice, one of Germany's finest managerial exports of the modern era in Klopp up against the country's - possibly the continent's - brightest young thing in Julian Nagelsmann.

It showcased a shared DNA between two sides intent on playing on the front foot in enemy territory. Players charged forward when they had the ball and harried in a high press when they did not. Fire fought with fire.

It made for a frenetic and fascinating spectacle, which tested even the most lauded of defenders and forced them into errors, chief among them Bayern Munich-bound Dayot Upamecano, who repeatedly gave the ball away as Mane and Salah buzzed around him.

Despite having the better of the first half, applying the more consistent pressure and producing the greater number of chances, Klopp's side were unable to get their noses in front.

In the space of 30 seconds, Salah saw an effort blocked by Gulacsi after he had darted in behind the Leipzig defence before Roberto Firmino fired into the side-netting from an angle.

Mane headed over another opportunity, Robertson was inches away from the beating the back-peddling Gulacsi with an effort from near halfway and Firmino had the ball in the net but only after the ball had gone out of play before being hooked back into the middle.

However, these were all forgotten before the hour mark was reached as the German side snapped and Salah and Mane took advantage.

Leipzig never fully recovered, their only real chance of salvaging anything to take to Merseyside being a shot from an angle that substitute Hwang Hee-chan pulled wide in added time.

It represents a big foot forward towards the quarter-finals for the Reds and a first step on the road to potentially reigniting their flagging season.

在最后一场小组赛和这场比赛中间，利物浦在联赛里有些崩盘了。他们长期保持的联赛主场不败纪录被终结，本赛季的足总杯也结束了，最近三场联赛均以失败告终-克洛普已经放弃卫冕。

不过，周二晚上的比赛给了他们必要的提醒，提醒他们上个赛季赢得了联赛冠军，再上个赛季赢得了欧冠冠军。

在经历了奥尔莫的头球攻门后，他们在比赛里成长了，从莱比锡手里抢回了控球权。莱比锡全年在欧冠半决赛中被击败，在本赛季的欧冠小组赛里击败曼联，目前在德甲排名第二。

这场比赛被宣传为师傅对战徒弟，德国现代最杰出的教练之一克洛普，与德国-可能是欧洲-最聪明的年轻教练尤利安·纳格尔斯曼的对决。

这场比赛展示了双方共同的DNA：都想在对方半场拼抢，球员在拿到球后向前推进，没有拿到球时高压逼抢，以攻对攻。

这是一场狂热且精彩的比赛，即使是最好的后卫也经受考验被迫失误，主要是莱比锡的达约·于帕梅卡诺，在马内和萨拉赫围绕他逼抢时，他多次传球失误。

尽管上半场表现更好，不断地施加压力，创造了更多机会，克洛普的球队并没有取得领先。

就在30秒的时间内，萨拉赫的单刀被古拉奇努力挡出，随后罗伯托·菲尔米诺的小角度射门打在边网上。

马内又一次头球攻门。罗伯逊在离后防线的古拉奇几英寸的距离时在中线射门。菲尔米诺头球破门，但球已经出界，又被钩回中路。

然而，这些都被遗忘了，直到德国球队出现失误，萨拉赫和马内取得进球。

莱比锡一直没有恢复过来，他们对默西塞德球队（利物浦）唯一的机会就是补时阶段替补球员黄喜灿的射门偏出。

这代表着红军向欧冠四分之一决赛迈出一大步，也代表着他们重新点燃低迷赛季的第一步。

Klopp's side leads the way for clean sheets - the stats

克洛普的球队在不失球方面遥遥领先-数据

§  Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of his first Champions League match at Liverpool in September 2017, the Reds have registered more clean sheets in the competition than any other side (18).

§  RB Leipzig have managed only two clean sheets in their 11 home Champions League matches (W6 D2 L3) though this is their first such defeat since October 2019 against Lyon.

§  Among all players within the top five European leagues this season, only Robert Lewandowski (30) has scored more goals in all competitions than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (24).

§  Salah has scored 24 goals in 34 matches in all competitions this season, surpassing his tally for the entirety of the 2019-20 campaign, in which he netted 23 times in 48 appearances.

§  In Curtis Jones and Ozan Kabak (both 20), Liverpool named two players under the age of 21 in their starting XI for an Champions League knockout stage game for the second time, also doing so v Juventus in April 2005 (scott Carson and Anthony le Tallec).

§  Liverpool midfielder Thiago has now enjoyed a win in each of his past 11 Champions League appearances, the joint-longest run of wins by a Spaniard in the history of the competition alongside Javi Martinez (November 2020) and Dani Carvajal (April 2018).

§  In what was his 114th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions, Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson registered his 50th clean sheet for the Reds, with only Jan Oblak (59) and Ederson (64) managing more among goalkeepers within the top five European leagues since he joined the Reds in 2018-19.

§  English sides have now won each of their four European Cup/Champions League encounters to be played in Hungary, with Leeds United (in 1969 & 1974) and Liverpool (in 2009 and 2021) winning twice each.

§  RB Leipzig against Liverpool was the first European Cup/Champions League knockout match to be played in Hungary in just under 30 years, since Budapest Honved beat Sampdoria 2-1 in the last 16 of the 1991-92 competition.

§  自从2017年9月尤尔根·克洛普执掌利物浦的第一场欧冠比赛起，红军有比其他球队都多的不失球纪录（18场）。

§  尽管这是2019年10月对里昂以来首场失利，莱比锡在11场主场比赛里只有两场不失球（胜6平2负3）.

§  本赛季欧洲五大联赛球员里，只有罗伯特·莱万多夫斯基（30）所有比赛进球数比利物浦的穆罕默德·萨拉赫（24）多。

§  本赛季萨拉赫在全部34场比赛里进了24个球，超过了他在2019-20赛季全部进球数。

§  柯蒂斯·琼斯和奥赞·卡巴克（都是20岁），利物浦第二次将两名21岁以下球员选入首发阵容，上一次是在2005年4月对阵尤文图斯的比赛中（斯科特·卡森和安东尼·勒塔莱克）。

§  利物浦中场蒂亚戈在他过去的11场欧冠比赛中都取得了胜利，这是这位西班牙球员与哈维·马丁内斯（2020年11月）和丹尼尔  卡瓦哈尔（2018年4月）共同取得的欧冠历史最长胜利。

§  这是巴西门将阿利森自2018-19赛季加盟以来为利物浦出战的第114场比赛，也是帮助红军取得的第50场零封，在欧洲五大联赛只有扬·奥布拉克（59场）和埃德森（64场）有更多的零封场数。

§  英格兰球队在匈牙利进行的四场欧冠比赛均获得胜利，分别是利兹联（1969和1974）和利物浦（2009和2021）各获胜两次。

§  莱比锡对阵利物浦是近20年来在匈牙利举办的第一场欧冠淘汰赛，上一次是1991-92赛季欧冠16强比赛中布达佩斯2-1击败桑普多利亚。