Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp hailed his side's achievement at reaching the Champions League final.
The German coach was speaking after the Reds fought their way to a 3-2 win away from home against Villarreal, progressing 5-2 on aggregate.
The Spanish side went 2-0 up at half time, leveling the tie at 2-2, but the Reds were the superior force in the second period.
Asked how he felt about reaching a third European Cup final, Klopp stated post-game: "Outstanding, massive, it feels like it's the first, to be honest, because it is always so special. It is, for me, the best club competition in the world. I love it, love the sound, everything, love the nights. Respect to Villarreal, this really wonderful stadium, what the people are doing here is incredible, what Unai [Emery] is doing is incredible, how the players put us under pressure, everything is great. So it feels so special because it was so difficult for us, but in the end we deserved it as well and that's really cool.
"It was massive, massive from the boys. Before the game I told the boys that I would like to read the headlines that 'The mentality monsters were in town' just because I wanted us from the first moment not like somebody that defends the result but goes for the three points or for the win.
"I couldn't see that but the second half was like this… for me it was like this because you could see how impressed we were in the first half and then coming back like we came back in the second half was really special. With the 500 games, like it feels, that the boys played it is completely normal that the first half can happen but reacting like we reacted made it really special again and it is that that we are really happy about."
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