Jurgen Klopp: 'Character more important than tactics in winning games'

Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp has stressed that players are a deciding factor in winning games rather than tactics.

"The system will never win the game," Klopp told the Mirror. "It's about the players and their decision making and doing the right thing in the right moment. Throwing your heart on the pitch giving everything you have. Systems are very important but only to bring players in their best positions. "I respect Porto a lot. They are a mixture of football and fight, experience and youth, well organised and fluent. I like it. But to be honest, they've not played 20 times against a team like us. We are not too bad and we know that as well. We want to show it and use it, and we will see tomorrow night and in two weeks. I know it's a close race, no problem with that."