Liverpool equals MU’s C1 Cup record, Klopp is wary of “King of Cups” Emery

After Liverpool won the right to the Champions League semi-finals, coach Jurgen Klopp was full of praise for rival Villarreal as well as colleague Unai Emery.

6 goals in the match Liverpool – Benfica (source: FPT)

Liverpool spent 90 minutes “heartbreaking” at Anfield when they were held 3-3 by Benfica in the second leg of the quarter-finals. Champions League 2021/22. However, this result is still enough to help Jurgen Klopp’s teachers and students enroll in the semi-finals (total score 6-4 after two matches).

Liverpool equaled the record of 12 European Cup/Champions League semi-finals of an English team held by MU

According to statistics, Liverpool has the 12th time in history to participate in the European Cup/Champions League semi-finals, sharing the record for the most semi-finals of an English team held by MU.

With Jurgen Klopp personally, he also became the German coach to reach the European Cup/Champions League semi-finals the most (4 times, equal to Jupp Heynckes and Ottmar Hitzfeld). More impressively, the previous 3 times, the teams led by Klopp have all reached the final (Dortmund runner-up in 2012/13 season, Liverpool runner-up in 2017/18 season and champion in 2018/19 season).

In the round for the four strongest teams, Liverpool will face Villarreal. The Spanish team continuously created “seismic” when eliminating both Juventus (round of 1/8) and Bayern Munich (quarter-final) even though they were not appreciated for their strength and force. Their head coach, Unai Emery is also very charming with the European cup arena, most notably the 4 times Europa League victory.

In the press conference after the quarter-final second leg, Klopp praised Villarreal and Emery. Even the 54-year-old military leader called his colleagues by the title “King of Cups”.

Klopp praises Villarreal and colleague Emery

“It would be weird if I could read Villarreal right now. But if you look at the result of the quarter-final second leg against Bayern Munich, their performance was really impressive. Villarreal deserved to be in the semi-finals having beaten them. both Juventus and Bayern. Unai Emery is the King of Cup, what he is doing for the team is unbelievable, “said the 54-year-old military leader.

As planned, Liverpool will face Villarreal in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final first leg at home on April 27. On May 4, the two teams continued to meet in the second leg in Spain.