Jurgen Klopp is not sure Liverpool can play better

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is not sure that his side can play better as he says he is happy with the performance, before 3-0 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League semi final first leg. Ex-Liverpool player Luis Suarez opened the score for the Catalan giants and Lionel Messi scored a brace, the second of which was a stunning 30-yard free-kick to bring up 600 goals for Barcelona. Barcelona end up winning with a 3-0 score but, of course, before the 70th minute of the match, Liverpool were better. "Football is like this - it's about scoring goals and they scored three and we scored none. The performance was really good - the boys played a super game - but against a side like Barcelona, a few moments are enough to give them the opportunity. I'm really happy with the performance, but of course not too happy with the result. We have to take that - that's football," Klopp told BT Sport. "How we created the moments is outstanding, how we caused them problems was outstanding. We controlled the game so well in the second half, especially when we had the ball. One time bad defending being 1-0 down is already bad, but not a big problem. That's what we said at half time, analysed it and told the boys what we can do better and what we have to do again. I don't know if we can play it much better, but then you have one moment. I don't know exactly how it happened by Messi is there for a very easy goal. The other is a wonder strike - that ball was unsaveable." Liverpool now have a mountain to climb when they host Barcelona to Anfield for the second leg on Tuesday, May 7.

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