Jurgen Klopp: Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho are ‘Liverpool legends’
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Updated 18/04/2019 at 11:03 GMT
Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho will return to Anfield with Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, with Jurgen Klopp calling them Liverpool legends.
Luis Suarez of FC Barcelona celebrates his team's first goal with team mates Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho (R-L) during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and SD Eibar at Camp Nou on January 13, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain
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The pair helped Barcelona into the last four with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Manchester United, while Liverpool joined them with a 6-1 overall triumph against Porto.
Suarez swapped Merseyside for Catalonia in 2014, with Coutinho joining him four years later in a reported £140 million deal.
"For these two boys, it is very special, because they are Liverpool legends," said Klopp.
"But I don't think it will be a friendly game, we have to fight and work and they will do that as well. It is a wonderful game, Liverpool v Barcelona in the semi-finals. Now let's try to do the best there and we will see what happens."
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Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho at Liverpool in 2013
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However, the biggest threat to Liverpool’s passage will inevitably Lionel Messi, who bagged a brace – albeit including a tame effort that squirmed through David De Gea – in the bulldozing of United on Tuesday.
"Thank God I don’t have to think about that tonight. I have a few nights," Klopp added.
"No one has so far managed it but we will try. We have a few jobs before that."
The first leg takes place on May 1 at Camp Nou before the return trip to Anfield six days later.
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