We got carried away, says Klopp, after Liverpool edge thriller

Liverpool Manager Juergen Klopp said his side got carried away by their own football after a topsy-turvy 3-2 victory over AC Milan in their opening Champions League Group B clash on Wednesday. 

With fans inside Anfield for a Champions League match for the first time in 18 months, Liverpool began in electrifying fashion and threatened to run riot after Fikayo Tomori’s own goal handed them a ninth-minute lead. 
Liverpool had 13 goal attempts in the opening 15 minutes but incredibly found themselves trailing at halftime as Ante Rebic and Brahim Diaz struck for Milan shortly before halftime.  But goals by Mohamed Salah, who missed a first-half penalty, and Jordan Henderson’s 69th-minute pile-driver secured an important three points in a daunting group that also includes Porto and Atletico Madrid, who drew 0-0.  “We started incredibly well. We played a super, super game. An intense game but football wise as well,” Klopp said of Liverpool’s barnstorming start to the clash of the European heavyweights -- only their third ever meeting. 

“We got punished in the last few minutes of the first half but it started earlier. We got carried away by our own football. We didn’t keep it simple anymore, offensively and defensively we were not organised anymore. 
Asked if he had enjoyed it, Klopp said: “Yeah, apart from those 10 minutes! It’s the football I want to see to be honest, in most of the moments.” 

-REUTERS