It would have been surreal even for Liverpool standards to bounce back and win the tie against Real Madrid after trailing 5-2 after the first leg played at Anfield.That 1-0 defeat to Los Blancos on Wednesday night at the Santiago Bernabeu didn’t change much. The Merseyside slot was out of the Champions League, and no one seemed to be too much upset about it. However, they’re facing a massive, disturbing challenge as the next UCL campaign could start in a few months without one of its most respected sides.We exit the Champions League. pic.twitter.com/wdeQogL9bi— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 15, 2023 That’s the concern even Jurgen Klopp himself shared with the press last night in Madrid.”If you want to win the competition, you have to be outstanding, and we weren’t tonight, so the result is fair,” Klopp said of Wednesday’s defeat at the Bernabeu in his press conference.Klopp: Leave Nunez alone!”But of course, it’s the, the, competition, and we want to be part of it every year, and that’s the massive task now.”When we get back from the international break we have a proper football week ahead of us, with three games, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, which will then probably define what we get out of it.”People will say that we lost it at Bournemouth, but this week is a pretty decisive one.”So, we have to hope the boys come back healthy enough, in the right shape, and we will try it.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7099810##Having already exited the domestic cup competitions, Liverpool’s elimination from the Champions League guarantees a trophyless season, but Klopp insists they will give them all to finish as strongly as possible in the Premier League to secure their goal.”Our job is to squeeze absolutely everything from this season as possible,” he added.
