We all thought it was meant to be, but alas, it wasn’t.
Jurgen Klopp twice came within 90 minutes of a trophy in his debut season at the club, losing to Man City on penalties in the League Cup and to Sevilla in the Europa League.
The second was especially heartbreaking — the run to the final, Man Utd, Dortmund, Villarreal — they were games that will go down in history.
When Sturridge scored a stunner in the final to give us a half-time lead, it looked like we were going to do it. And then it all unraveled after the break.
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Now Klopp has been speaking about that loss, admitting that the whole squad was still hurting.
“Of course I’ve had a lot of thoughts about this,” Klopp said (via Echo).
“It was long ago but it still feels bad. After the game I was not in the mood to think too much about the first half but later I did and it was obvious that we’d played a good game in the first half and we could have been in a clearer lead.
“We could have had a penalty for handball, all this stuff that you see afterwards. It’s not interesting because it’s over but as a human being it’s quite difficult to accept all this stuff. Of course you have moments when you still suffer a little bit.
“It was a hard night and a hard few days afterwards but it is in the past and like all games in the past if you can use them you should do.”