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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his relief after their Reds’ victory at West Brom boosted their Champions League hopes.<\/p>\n
Roberto Firimino’s header secured a 1-0 win to lift Liverpool up to third in the Premier League and helped end Tony Pulis’ hold over them.<\/p>\n
It was Liverpool’s first win in eight attempts away at a Pulis side in the Premier League following Firmino’s first-half winner on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Klopp’s men moved above Manchester City in the table and he admitted victory was crucial.<\/p>\n
He said: “I don’t think we made crazy things (celebrations). But we are very happy, three points today, so 66, that’s a wonderful number for the next six or seven days.<\/p>\n
“And then we want to move onto 69. I really thought that the boys, in a really difficult game, did really well.<\/p>\n
“You can always do better but we learned already in the game. I liked it a lot that in the second half we looked better tuned than the first half.<\/p>\n
“We knew what do to but in the first half we looked a little bit static. In the second half it looked much better, so I’m really happy about the performance.<\/p>\n
“It’s one of the most difficult places to go because you can’t feel comfortable in one moment of the game. Somebody asked which scoreline would have kept me a little calmer in the last few minutes, and I said: ‘Only 4-0 after 86 minutes’.”<\/p>\n
And Klopp admitted he could see how Pulis had frustrated Liverpool on their travels for so long.<\/p>\n
“I can understand why. It’s a difficult place to come but that doesn’t make us more happy,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s really three very important points at a difficult place and that’s improved our base for the rest of the season, so I’m happy about this.”<\/p>\n
Firmino won it seconds before half-time, heading in James Milner’s free kick after Lucas had flicked it on.<\/p>\n
Alberto Moreno should have made it 2-0 in injury time after goalkeeper Ben Foster joined the Albion attacks but missed an open goal from 40 yards after Foster and James McClean lost the ball.<\/p>\n
Albion have now failed to score in their last four games – losing five of their last seven – and boss Pulis was disappointed with his side’s failure to convert the chances.<\/p>\n
Nacer Chadli missed a fine first-half opening while Matt Phillips was denied by Simon Mignolet late on.<\/p>\n
“It’s missed chances. We’ve had the opportunities again and especially against the top teams you have to take your chances,” said Pulis.<\/p>\n
“We’ve had three really good opportunities where I would have expected them to score but you can’t criticise them.<\/p>\n
“My one disappointment about our performance was the first 20 minutes of the second half.<\/p>\n
“They scored bang on half-time with a goal that we’re disappointed with because we think (Craig) Dawson was fouled. But we’ve still got to defend better.”<\/p>\n
Source: PA<\/p>\n
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![\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\nLiverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his relief after their Reds’ victory at West Brom boosted their Champions League hopes.<\/p>\nRoberto Firimino’s header secured a 1-0 win to lift Liverpool up to third in the Premier League and helped end Tony Pulis’ hold over them.<\/p>\nIt was Liverpool’s first win in eight attempts away at a Pulis side in the Premier League following Firmino’s first-half winner on Sunday.<\/p>\nKlopp’s men moved above Manchester City in the table and he admitted victory was crucial.<\/p>\nHe said: “I don’t think we made crazy things (celebrations). But we are very happy, three points today, so 66, that’s a wonderful number for the next six or seven days.<\/p>\n“And then we want to move onto 69. I really thought that the boys, in a really difficult game, did really well.<\/p>\n“You can always do better but we learned already in the game. I liked it a lot that in the second half we looked better tuned than the first half.<\/p>\n“We knew what do to but in the first half we looked a little bit static. In the second half it looked much better, so I’m really happy about the performance.<\/p>\n“It’s one of the most difficult places to go because you can’t feel comfortable in one moment of the game. Somebody asked which scoreline would have kept me a little calmer in the last few minutes, and I said: ‘Only 4-0 after 86 minutes’.”<\/p>\nAnd Klopp admitted he could see how Pulis had frustrated Liverpool on their travels for so long.<\/p>\n“I can understand why. It’s a difficult place to come but that doesn’t make us more happy,” he said.<\/p>\n“It’s really three very important points at a difficult place and that’s improved our base for the rest of the season, so I’m happy about this.”<\/p>\nFirmino won it seconds before half-time, heading in James Milner’s free kick after Lucas had flicked it on.<\/p>\nAlberto Moreno should have made it 2-0 in injury time after goalkeeper Ben Foster joined the Albion attacks but missed an open goal from 40 yards after Foster and James McClean lost the ball.<\/p>\nAlbion have now failed to score in their last four games – losing five of their last seven – and boss Pulis was disappointed with his side’s failure to convert the chances.<\/p>\nNacer Chadli missed a fine first-half opening while Matt Phillips was denied by Simon Mignolet late on.<\/p>\n“It’s missed chances. We’ve had the opportunities again and especially against the top teams you have to take your chances,” said Pulis.<\/p>\n“We’ve had three really good opportunities where I would have expected them to score but you can’t criticise them.<\/p>\n“My one disappointment about our performance was the first 20 minutes of the second half.<\/p>\n“They scored bang on half-time with a goal that we’re disappointed with because we think (Craig) Dawson was fouled. But we’ve still got to defend better.”<\/p>\nSource: PA<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\tPlease enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\nFrom Football.co.uk<\/a>\nSouth Africa Today Sport \u2013 Sport News Football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his relief after their Reds’ victory at West Brom boosted their Champions League hopes. Roberto Firimino’s header secured a 1-0 win to lift Liverpool up to third in the Premier League and helped end Tony Pulis’ hold over them. 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