Liverpool have certainly mounted fairytale comebacks before, but while Jurgen Klopp believes his optimism in overturning a three-goal deficit against Real Madrid will return, he will know significant improvements will be needed from Tuesday’s 5-2 defeat at Anfield.
According to the BBC, the loss – Liverpool’s worst at home in Europe – means they have it all to do to reach the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League.
“We will go there and play a football game,” Klopp said of the second leg in Madrid against the holders on Wednesday, 15 March.
“It will be a massive challenge. We have to make sure we learn from this game.”
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lamented errors throughout the game that were costly against Carlo Ancelotti’s men.
“We made too many mistakes around the goals,” he added. “When you make too many mistakes, teams like Madrid punish you.”