“Unai Emery is the king of the cups, it is unbelievable what he is doing”- Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp ahead of his team’s tie against Villarreal in UEFA Champions League 2021-22

In a recent interview with BT sport, Jurgen Klopp hailed Villarreal’s manager, Unai Emery, as his team beat Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League 2021-22 to book their place in the semi-finals against Liverpool. It came after Emery’s men held the Bavarian Giants 1-1 in Allianz Arena to win 2-1 on aggregate.

‘If I could do an analysis of Villarreal right now that would be very strange, I saw the results, the game was very impressive. I only picked up pieces, but to beat Juventus and Bayern Munich, they deserve to be in the Champions League semi-finals,” said Klopp.

“Unai Emery is the king of the cups, it is unbelievable what he is doing. But give me a bit of time to prepare it properly,” added the German manager.

Meanwhile, the Reds qualified for the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League 2021-22 by holding Benfica 3-3 in Anfield and 6-4 on aggregate to secure the win. Roberto Firmino and Ibrahima Konate scored the goals for Liverpool which propelled their qualification.

Liverpool last faced Villarreal in the semi-finals of the Europa League in 2016, with the Reds winning the match 3-1 on aggregate.

The Battles ahead for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp

Speaking about his future challenges, Jurgen Klopp highlighted that there are a lot of tough football matches that Liverpool has to play in the next couple of months but his side is ready for the same. Liverpool is currently one point behind Manchester City in the points table of the Premier League 2021-22.

“We definitely don’t take it for granted, to get into the semis is massive, we want to do our very best and take it game by game. There’s a lot of football over the next couple of months,” stated Klopp.

Liverpool will face Manchester City again for the second time in two weeks as a place in the FA cup finals is up for grabs, with a match against Manchester United in a Premier League to follow up. Therefore there is no time to celebrate as the team as to recover and get back to work again.

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