Liverpool have scored 18 goals in their last six games, including a 6-1 aggregate thrashing of Porto in the quarter-final ahead of their trip to Camp Nou.Rakitic had played against Klopp’s teams during his time playing for Schalke in the German Bundesliga.
And the midfielder admits Barcelona cannot allow the Liverpool forward line to start wreaking havoc.
Talking about Klopp, Rakitic told Echo, “I really, really respect him as a coach.It’s going to be complicated to defend against them. They have really good players up front, so we will have to do everything together.They are a really well organised team, and we know what they are going to try to play – we don’t need to explain now how Salah and company play. Everybody knows that quite well.Virgil van Dijk is one of the best central defenders in the world and we know Liverpool’s defence is very strong and they don’t leave many spaces.
“We want to cause them more trouble tomorrow than they’ve had in previous games this season.Liverpool have never been eliminated from European competition by Barcelona with the Reds unbeaten in four trips to Camp Nou and the only English team to win .We’re going to play with plenty of confidence and try to keep our heads clear. They can hurt us, of course. We know we will have to be at 100% to beat Liverpool. We have to be at our best level if we want to do that.
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