Gian Piero Gasperini believes ‘quality’ will be the key between Atalanta and Liverpool, explaining the reasons he admires Jurgen Klopp. ‘He’s a good person for football.’
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Gian Piero Gasperini believes ‘quality’ will be the key between Atalanta and Liverpool, explaining the reasons he admires Jurgen Klopp. ‘He’s a good person for football.’
It kicks off at 20.00 GMT, click here for the line-ups and LIVEBLOG.
“You need to do many things right in these games if you want to win, and that means quality, because it’s important where you win back the ball, keeping an eye on their pace, their counter-attacks, if the ball bounces badly,” the coach told Sky Sport Italia just before kick-off.
“There are many elements in play, but with quality, we can do all that and cause problems for Liverpool, which is what we hope to do.”
Atalanta have been compared with Liverpool for their all-attack approach and Gasperini isn’t complaining.
“Perhaps yes, there are some football concepts that are very similar, albeit with different characteristics, but being compared to Liverpool is fine with us!
“I have not yet been able to meet Klopp. I don’t need to list his results, but he is a very good person for football, in the way he talks, presents himself, respects the opposition and always has a smile to take the sting out of situations.”