​Liverpool manager Klopp: Maturity is part of our quality | OneFootball

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp suggests that his team's maturity is part of the reason they are so successful.

The Reds overcame a stubborn Villarreal defence to win the first leg of their Champions League semi-final 2-0 at Anfield.

The result puts them in the box seat to take their place in the final, ahead of the second leg in Spain next week.

Klopp told reporters post-game: "Yeah, maturity, I think, is part of quality, to be honest. I think we should be like this. When we spoke at half-time, I thought we looked in the first half really fresh, we had good legs in the first half. It is intense for us to play the way we play, but it is intense for the opponent to defend us in that way as well.

"For us, it was the challenge - I think how it is for all human beings - you try and you fail, you try and you fail and you try and you fail and at one point you think, 'Come on, it's not my day anymore!' We really had to stay positive in these moments and really try and fail, try and fail, but keep trying in the same mindset. That's what we did.

"The goals we scored were outstanding. I love them, loved them. I loved a goal that didn't count - Trent's cross, Robbo's finish - but unfortunately it didn't count because it was offside, I think. As I said, all good so far. You have to travel to Villarreal, we will travel to Villarreal and then we try to qualify for the final. But again, if we will not be good enough there then Villarreal will go to the final and that's fine as well. I think sport should be like this, but we will see."