Sparta Prague Manager Brian Priske Acknowledges Liverpool’s Dominance, Admitting Defeat in Europa League Tie with Aggregate Score of 11-2.
Liverpool’s Commanding 5-1 Victory in First Leg Followed by Stellar Performance Secures Spot in Europa League Quarter-finals, Sparta Prague Manager Priske Acknowledges Liverpool’s Superiority, Believes They Belong in Champions League.
Priske said:
‘We faced a world-class team, Big respect to Liverpool how they played these two legs, how they approached the games, put in the pure quality they have.
‘Of course, I and we are disappointed in the personal mistakes that we made, both in the first game and here in the first 20 minutes but we faced a world-class team here today again.
‘I think the most important thing for me to say, I hope you guys also and the Czech football fans at home that they acknowledge the level from Sparta to Liverpool is massive.
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‘For sure, we knew that when we saw the draw it was going to be difficult, it was going to be tough.
I felt we competed better in the first game but overall they were much, much better than us.
‘It must not take away the European campaign that we’ve had as a team and as a club,
and I hope people realise this back home and appreciate the players for what they’ve done and not measure them on these two games.
As I said already, it’s a completely different level to something we’ve played against this season.
We’ve played against good teams, Betis, Rangers, last qualification round against Galatasaray but Liverpool are a completely different level.
‘It’s a completely different level, we’ve never faced something like this, and maybe there will be some time until we do it again.
‘But Liverpool are a Champions League team and they should be in the Champions League, they’ll maybe be in the semi-finals, they’ll maybe be Premier League winners in two months.
‘We saw the individual quality, it’s a different level. Big, big respect to the players of Liverpool and the whole coaching staff, in some aspects it was nice to see.’
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