Reaction from Jurgen Klopp after Liverpool’s 2-1 victory away to Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup
Jurgen Klopp hailed Darwin Nunez for “an unbelievable goal” that sealed Liverpool‘s place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup at Bournemouth.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
After Cody Gakpo’s opener was cancelled out by Justin Kluivert’s second-half strike, it was Nunez who sealed the Reds’ place in the last eight with a stunning strike past Andrei Radu as the visitors won 2-1 at the Vitality.
The Uruguay striker, who was a second-half substitute, has now scored seven goals this term and Jurgen Klopp was delighted with the contribution of his No.9 on the night.
“Darwin showed his class and put the game pretty much to bed for us,” Klopp said. “It was an unbelievable goal. There were five, six, seven bigger chances in the whole game.
“It was the goal we needed and he did it. Everyone worked extremely hard to win it and that’s what you want. Now we drive home. Long trip. But with going to the next round it feels much better.”
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Klopp also reserved a word of praise for Jarell Quansah who stood out at centre-back on his fourth senior start.
The England Under-21 defender has been one of the early-season success stories and the Reds manager was fulsome in his praise of the youngster due to how he handled the wet and windy conditions of a game played against the backdrop of Storm Ciaran.
Klopp added: “He was really good. In these circumstances, wow. So many difficult balls to judge as they were coming down. On the ball, he did really well.
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“Caoimhin Kelleher obviously thought ‘give him the ball quite a lot, let’s see what we can do’. A top game from Jarell. Absolutely.”
