Jurgen Klopp has pledged that Liverpool will not underestimate Samuel Chukwueze and his Villarreal teammates in the Champions League semi-finals.
Chukwueze’s Villarreal will be guests to Klopp’s side in the first leg of the last-four clash at Anfield on Wednesday night.
The Spanish outfit ousted heavyweights like Juventus and Bayern Munich to reach this stage of the competition.
And Klopp has insisted that Liverpool will not take them lightly.
“There might have been a slight advantage [for Villarreal] where Juve or Bayern might have underestimated them but that won’t happen with us. They want to be part of the final but it’s the same importance for us,” he said on Tuesday.
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“They’re seventh in LaLiga. After they won the quarter-final with Bayern, in between they played Bilbao and Unai changed 11 times. Spain is obviously competitive.
“It’s a difficult league to be successful in but Unai shows he has a plan for each result 1-0 up, 1-0 down etc.
“We have properly analysed Villarreal. I have proper respect for Unai and them. I watched them properly and wow! Impressive.
“He is a detail-obsessed manager. Different ways to press and react to different results. A world-class coach doing an incredible job.”
Klopp added that he will be at the ‘top of his game’ on the touchline on Wednesday night as he called on fans to create a ‘similar atmosphere’ to that memorable night three years ago against Barcelona.
“We need a similar atmosphere and a big performance. I need to be on top of my game, so do the boys, that is fine,” he added.
“If a semi-final in this competition would be easy, something would be really wrong. I can’t wait for it, to be honest.”
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