Hasenhuttl cries tears of pleasure as Southampton beat Klopp’s Liverpool

Southampton coach Ralph Hasenhuttl shed tears of pleasure and collapsed to his knees on the last whistle after an early Danny Ings strike secured the Saints a shock 1-0 Premier League win over champions Liverpool on Monday.The Austrian’s emotional celebrations might need led some followers to assume that Southampton had simply secured the Premier League title. But as wins over Liverpool are a uncommon prevalence for the Saints, with the final one coming within the league nearly 5 years in the past, it was an event to savour for Hasenhuttl who took cost of the south-coast membership in 2018.“There were tears in my eyes – because of the wind!”, Hasenhuttl jokingly instructed BBC Sport. “When you see our guys fighting with everything they have, it makes me really proud. You need to have the perfect game against Liverpool and I think we did have that.” Hasenhuttl’s crew have been compelled to defend for lengthy intervals within the second half, and he admitted that it was deep into stoppage time earlier than he felt that his facet might get a consequence. “It felt like we were under massive pressure and the defending around the box was the key today – then still try and play football. We did it in a good way,” he stated. In distinction, his Liverpool counterpart Juergen Klopp was left extraordinarily annoyed after his attacking trio of Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane failed to search out the web regardless of dominating possession within the second half. “What was disappointing? How long have we got?” he instructed the BBC. “The start, obviously, not only the goal but the start in general. Congratulations to Southampton, they deserved it.”The 53-year-old German stated that his facet knew what to anticipate from Southampton however have been caught out within the opening exchanges and located themselves unable to recuperate. “At the beginning, how we played, where we lost the balls – it’s not rocket science. We should have done much better. We played into their hands with the start,” he stated.“These are outstanding players, but they were not ready from the start.”