Liverpool have one foot in the Champions League final after beating Villarreal 2-0 – and Michael Owen was left in awe of their pressing ability.
The Reds had to be patient as Villarreal frustrated them, but the win did finally come at Anfield.
Jordan Henderson’s deflected cross gave Liverpool the lead before Sadio Mane made it 2-0.
Liverpool still have to see the job through in Spain but Jurgen Klopp’s men appear to be heading to yet another Champions League final.
The quadruple is still on for the Reds, who just look absolutely unstoppable right now.
We all know that the hallmark of Klopp’s Liverpool is the intense pressing across the pitch.
Liverpool are superb at setting pressing traps and Klopp’s players fly around the pitch hunting the ball.
It was the same at Borussia Dortmund under Klopp and the way he drills this kind of play into his teams is truly incredible.
It’s hard for any team to cope with Liverpool’s pressing and we have seen many teams in recent years collapse under the pressure.
Villarreal didn’t disgrace themselves by any stretch of the imagination but similarly couldn’t quite handle this Liverpool side.
With yet another pressing machine added in Luis Diaz, Liverpool are setting themselves up to play this way for a long time yet.
Michael Owen was left awestruck during the game, tweeting a message about Liverpool’s stunning pressing ability.
Owen tweeted just ten words, noting that it’s ‘almost impossible’ for any team to live with Liverpool’s intensity and pressing.
With just two Premier League defeats all season and only four points dropped since the turn of the year, it’s hard to argue with Owen.
If teams continue to struggle to handle Liverpool’s press, we could see Jordan Henderson lifting numerous trophies in the coming weeks.
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