Reaction'A good one' - Cody Gakpo on Leverkusen win, key moment and fans' backing
Cody Gakpo was thoroughly pleased by a ‘good one’ after helping Liverpool defeat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 in the Champions League.
The Reds extended their 100 per cent record in this season’s tournament on matchday four courtesy of an emphatic second-half display.
Luis Diaz scored three times after the break and Gakpo nodded in a close-range header in between his fellow forward’s treble at Anfield on Tuesday night.
The result made it 14 wins in 16 fixtures of Arne Slot’s reign as head coach – and Gakpo gave his immediate post-match reaction to Amazon Prime…
On whether this is Liverpool’s ‘best’ win so far this season…
Four-nil, good result against a very good team. I don’t know if it’s the best one, but it’s a good one.
On having to overcome Leverkusen’s resilience on the night…
They played a very good game, a very tough opponent. But we kept going, we kept trying, creating chances and defending well. The goal came and I think that won us the game, the first goal.
On the quality of Curtis Jones’ pass for Diaz’s first goal…
I think a fantastic pass by Curt and an amazing finish by Lucho. I think it was very important to open the game [with a goal] and after that it was a little bit more easy to score the second, the third and the fourth goal.
On the crowd at Anfield helping to pull the team through…
Yeah, like they did last weekend as well. So, what part did they play? I think they played a very big part, every game they are there for us. We try to show them what we’ve got and to make them proud.
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