Lovren blast fuelled comeback

DEJAN LOVREN has given a candid insight into the half-time commotion that jolted Liverpool into life and allowed their Champions League adventure to continue. the Croatia international produced arguably the best 90 minutes of his career at Anfield against Manchester City. At half-time City led 1-0 through Gabriel Jesus and Lovren conceded that Liverpool were lucky not to have been trailing by two. At the break he was one of the most vocal in demanding Liverpool rouse themselves and once the players had spoken, Jurgen Klopp took over and reminded them what was at stake. the result turned out to be spectacular as Liverpool ran out 2-1 winners. ‘to be honest I was shouting a bit at half-time,’ said Lovren. ‘I told the lads to wake up because it was not good enough and I said we were sitting too deep. Klopp said, “Yes, you are sitting too deep because you are not pushing up”. He wanted me and Virgil (van Dijk) to be more compact and push the team up. ‘It was all positive. there was nothing negative. But I needed to remind the guys that we had 50 minutes to be in the semi-finals of the Champions League. ‘We needed to give more. the first 10-15 minutes wasn’t good enough. When you see the second half, again they had a couple of chances but nothing too serious. We talked on the pitch, a few of us, and said (after Jesus scored) we need to keep our heads and stick together. ‘We had luck in a couple of moments to be honest but when you look over the two games we have been brave and when you are brave the luck goes with you. When you go and score two goals it is enough. We deserved that.’ Europe has once again given Liverpool supporters the opportunity to dream and few would be in a hurry to discount them going all the way to the final in Kiev on May 26.