​Klopp explains emotional reaction after Liverpool beat Brentford | OneFootball

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp spoke about his emotional reaction to the Reds defeating Brentford in the Premier League.

With the home side completing a routine 3-0 win at home against the recently promoted outfit, many fans were surprised at Klopp's emotional reactions on the touchline post-game.

Reporters asked Klopp whether his reactions were due to the team's tough 0-0 draw with Arsenal in the Carabao Cup in mid-week, or sheer relief after a poor spell of results in the Premier League recently.

Klopp responded: "Both. Do I have to make a difference there? The way Brentford plays against us is really uncomfortable. As the team at home, if you want to and have to win the game then you want to control the game.

"To control this game is particularly difficult because the ball felt like it was 20 minutes in the air today and there were so many situations – header, header, header, header, header. So you need to be full of desire in these moments to sort it. You have to bring the ball down on the floor and from there you have to play, so it's really tricky and that's why I'm so happy.

"The game against Brentford – I knew before that it will be a really tough one – it was a tough one and that's why I'm so happy that we did so well in other moments.

"We showed the boys at half-time three situations where we did really well in the first half. I think we had more but we showed them three where we really played the way we have to play. [We] scored on top of that a goal from a set-piece, which is absolutely helpful because the set-pieces against Arsenal were really bad.

"Today they were really good and we should keep that – that would be very helpful. I think apart from a spell in the second half when they took a bit more risk, we needed a little bit too long to adapt to it, so they had then a chance, a real chance, but in the moment when we adapted we controlled the game again, scored really nice goals and I'm really happy about it."