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Jurgen Klopp delighted to escape Atletico Madrid with ‘three dirty points’ as Liverpool boss admits his side were far from their best in pivotal Champions League victory
- Mohamed Salah scored twice as Liverpool won 3-2 at Atletico Madrid
- But the Reds scraped past the 10-men in Madrid, with Salah netting late penalty
- Jurgen Klopp’s side endured a poor night defensively in the Champions League
- However, Klopp praised his side for ensuring they got a vital victory
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp took great satisfaction in ‘three dirty points’ after a wild 3-2 Champions League win over 10-man Atletico Madrid in the Wanda Metropolitano.
Having taken an early 2-0 lead through Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita, Klopp’s side were pegged back by an Antoine Griezmann double before half-time.
Griezmann was sent off after the break to give Liverpool a numerical advantage and Salah’s penalty put them ahead with 12 minutes to go.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was delighted after beating Atletico Madrid 3-2 as he congratulates defender Virgil van Dijk following the final whistle
But it still required a reversal of his decision to award Atletico a spot-kick by referee Daniel Siebert after reviewing the pitchside monitor for the visitors to make it three wins from three in Group B.
‘We still had to defend with all we had because even with 10 men they were quite intense to play,’ said Klopp.
‘But the dirty three points are very often the most important, and they were dirty tonight of course.
‘It was not our best football but we got them and that’s a big step.
Klopp though admitted his side had to win a ‘dirty three points’ to get the job done in Madrid
‘When these two teams face each…
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Source : dailymail
