Jurgen Klopp 'doesn't feel all positive' after Liverpool give Roma hope in Champions League semi-final

Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool's "perfect" opening 80 minutes but admits "it doesn't feel all positive" after AS Roma's two late away goals.

Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all scored after a rampant Reds display produced five goals in a remarkable Champions League semi-final first leg.

Edin Dzeko and a Diego Perotti penalty in the 81st and 85th minutes, respectively, dampened an electric Anfield atmosphere, with Roma having overturned a three-goal deficit against Barcelona in the previous round.

But Klopp says the advantage was more than what he expected ahead of kick-off, telling BT Sport: "Long-term perfect performance for pretty much 80 minutes or so.

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"We made defensively one mistake. Penalty is not a penalty but that is the situation and now it is 5-2. Of course we would have been more happy with 5-0 or 5-1 but 5-2 is a fantastic result. We go there and try again.

"We had all these runs behind, it changed the game completely and they couldn't cope with that. We scored these goals and could have scored more.

"That is all positive, at this moment it doesn't feel all positive because they scored these two goals but tomorrow I will see the really good part of the game.

"It is absolutely better than I thought before the game but at the moment, of course, a little mistake."

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