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Klopp not worrying about Messi just yet

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was glad not to have to worry about Lionel Messi just yet after setting up a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona.

Premier League giants Liverpool thrashed Porto 4-1 on Wednesday to wrap up a 6-1 aggregate victory in their quarter-final.

Their reward is a showdown with Barcelona, who were inspired by Messi in a 4-0 aggregate win over Manchester United.

Klopp said Messi, who has scored 45 goals this season, had proven impossible to stop so far this campaign.

"Thank God I don't have to think about that and I have a few more nights," he told a news conference.