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Why Benfica UCL tie brings back special memories for Klopp

Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final against Benfica will take Jürgen Klopp back to where it all started for him with the club.

It was in Lisbon – where the Reds will contest the first leg of their last-eight tie with the Portuguese side next month – that he decided to cut short a sabbatical from management and take charge at Anfield in 2015.

And Klopp is excited by the challenge of facing a team Liverpool have yet to play since his appointment, with a semi-final against either Villarreal or Bayern Munich awaiting the winners.

Read our exclusive chat with the boss on Friday’s Champions League draw below…

Jürgen, it’s Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals – what’s your immediate reaction to today’s draw?