Klopp: No celebration motivation

Jurgen Klopp says Villarreal’s wild celebrations after their first leg win provide no extra motivation for Liverpool as they try to reach the Europa League final on Thursday.

The Spanish club arrive at Anfield for the second leg of the semi-final with a 1-0 lead from the opening tie courtesy of a last-minute winner, which sparked jubilation among the home squad and fans at El Madrigal.

Klopp played down the significance of that goal a week ago and he will not use it to gee up his players ahead of a pivotal night.

“They scored a goal in the last minute, so if they hadn’t celebrated, something would have been really wrong,” he said. “The only thing I thought in this moment was ‘half-time’. Nothing happened. They have to come to Anfield.

“I am still feeling this, so the feeling is we are halfway through and I know how …

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