Jürgen Klopp happy with Liverpool’s performance but rues Messi’s brilliance

• ‘In these moments he is unstoppable. What a strike’
• Manager accepts three-goal deficit will be difficult to overturn

Jürgen Klopp described Lionel Messi as unstoppable after the brilliant Barcelona captain orchestrated Liverpool’s heaviest defeat of the season in the Champions League semi-final first leg.

Messi scored twice to bring up a staggering 600 goals for the Spanish champions, 14 years to the day since his debut goal for the club. His second of the game – an incredible free-kick swept into the top corner of Alisson’s goal from distance – gave Barcelona a 3-0 advantage that Klopp accepted would be difficult to overturn in Tuesday’s second leg at Anfield.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2vuEcmk

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