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Jurgen Klopp hails Liverpool victory at 'tough' West Brom

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Jurgen Klopp hailed Liverpool’s 1-0 win at West Brom as ‘really special’ as they continued their push for a Champions League place

Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool's hard-fought victory at West Brom on Sunday left him feeling "fantastic".

Roberto Firmino scored the winner in first-half stoppage time, nodding home from close range after Lucas Leiva flicked on James Milner's free-kick.

The 1-0 win leaves Liverpool on 66 points and puts them in a strong position to clinch a top-four spot.

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"It feels fantastic because it's such a tough place, you cannot influence all the things on the pitch," Klopp told Sky Sports.

"When the ball is in the air, what can you do? You have to wait until it comes down. That's not about football.

"They play football and create these moments and when they have it, West Brom are so strong. We were really there today and I liked it a lot."

Much of the talk in the build-up to Sunday's game focused on West Brom and Liverpool's relative strength and weakness at set pieces.

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"It was a little bit too static in the first half but I felt we already were in a good way," Klopp added. "We scored a wonderful goal from a set-piece and in the second half we used the space and the movements were better.

"We could talk about it at half-time and you could see when we did this and that we opened the gaps and had two, three, four more big chances.

"Again, LFC is full excitement until the end. Four set-pieces in the last minute! [Simon] Mignolet was in there again with the fist and it was really good."

Liverpool's five remaining league games are all against sides currently ninth or lower in the table, with Crystal Palace up next live on Sky Sports.

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"Crystal Palace next, a very experienced side in a good run," Klopp continued. "I would say with one more win they will be safe 100 per cent.

"It will be an interesting challenge but as long as we see it as an opportunity, then we can really play football, like we did today."

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