Jurgen Klopp compares the comeback against Luton with the Barcelona epic and addresses the outburst of the first half in front of the fans

It may have only been Luton, but Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool's latest feat will go down in dressing room history.

The Reds came back from a goal down to beat Luton 4-1, reopening their Premier League title lead in difficult circumstances.

Mohamed Salah and Darwin Núñez were ruled out before the match, making matters even worse after the already terrible news that Diogo Jota will be out for an extended period.

Despite the absences, the three substitute forwards, Cody GakpoLuis Díaz and Harvey Elliott scored after Virgil van Dijk equalized.

Liverpool He currently has ten first-team injuries, the most of any top-flight team, and reminded Klopp of arguably his most famous game against Barcelona.

The Reds lost 3-0 Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez's Barça in 2019, and then their Premier League hopes all but ended when Manchester City beat Leicester in a tight match the night before.

If things couldn't get any worse, pre-match injuries left Liverpool without Salah and Roberto Firmino for the second leg, but they surprisingly returned and advanced to the final, which they won.

Drawing comparisons, Klopp told talkSPORT: “A few months or years ago I promised the players that I would never mention Barcelona's performance again.

“But every once in a while… it's just my favorite football game, and I mentioned it today, about who was missing, how we scored.

“We could have said that night 'he's not here, he's not here' or just played and that's what we did.

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“We started with a bad pass from Joel Matip that Jordi Alba wanted to finish off, Sadio Mane smelled the situation, Jordan Henderson He dribbles, the defender shoots and Divock Origi scores the goal, then the second goal, an eight in the area after losing the ball and recovering it…

“So it's not about how you usually play, it's about what you do in the moment and I promised the boys that I will now mention Luton and not Barcelona.”

Asked how important it was for his second-choice front row to increase the goals, Klopp said: “Probably very important, but I don't really care who scored, I loved the whole game.”

With the first half coming to a close and Liverpool struggling to get their aerial game going, Klopp was on display. turning around and screaming to the fans behind him.

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Explaining why he was bothered by the atmosphere, he said: “We had a couple of things we had to get used to with the opponent, and 1-0 missing big opportunities in the first half.

“You could see we were in a hurry, on and off the field as well. I thought, 'Oh my God, it's going to be tough,' but at half-time I was happy that we were able to calm the boys down, show them what was good, really calm things down in the final third and finish things at our level, technically. .

“We had a very good chance to win this game in the second half, but we were in a hurry, which didn't make sense, we were 1-0 down, it wasn't necessary. The second half was a real whirlwind, that was great.

“The crowd also needed to get used to the game, you're 1-0 down and you don't score immediately and you say (groans) you make a bad pass, you see it and you can already hear it, it's not bad but it's just not useful.

“In the second half we gave the crowd a lot more to cheer us on and everyone steered us in the right direction, what a performance that was.”

Luton manager Rob Edwards also praised the crowd for their efforts in the second half, saying: “After a really good first half, in the second we saw Anfield at full speed, they smothered us and their fans were incredible. “It was like the Kop was absorbing him.”

Liverpool have accumulated 22 points from losing positions this season, the most of any Premier League team.

When asked what makes his team perform in those most difficult moments, he explained: “It's the players.

“What we understand is that we have a football team that listens, that reacts, that learns during the game and that is willing to erase bad thoughts. That was the most important thing today.”