The signs were there, for those who can read the subtle language of Jurgen Klopp’s musings.
Speaking earlier in the season about a Porto side who his Liverpool team destroyed in both 2018 and 2018, he warned against lazy assumptions.
The Portuguese side, he said, were technical and inventive, with a real threat from pacy wide players who were intelligent and adaptable in their positional play and tactics. In hindsight, he was referring to Luis Diaz.
