Emotional Diego Simeone is not thinking about Liverpool as Jurgen Klopp named as inspiration

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Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid could face Liverpool once more in the Champions League while the manager of giant killers Bodo/Glimt says he has been inspired by Jurgen Klopp's great Reds sidesSo Liverpool now know the two teams they could face in Friday's Champions League round of 16 draw. Lying in waiting for the Reds are either Galatasaray or Atletico Madrid.Galatasaray progressed last night (Wednesday) despite losing 3-2 at Juventus, who having lost the first leg in Turkey 5-2, staged a brave fightback in the face of losing former Bournemouth and Newcastle United defender Lloyd Kelly to a red card shortly after the start of the second half.The Italians opened up a three-goal lead to level the tie but extra-time strikes from Victor Osimhen, who scored the winner when the Turkish outfit beat Liverpool 1-0 in the league phase in Istanbul in September, and Baris Alper Yilmaz ensured they went down to a 7-5 aggregate defeat.READ MORE: Liverpool Champions League rematch confirmed after red card controversyREAD MORE: Liverpool Champions League confusion addressed after Premier League statementThe previous evening Atletico ran out 4-1 winners over Club Brugge at the Wanda Metropolitano to seal a 7-4 aggregate success after the first leg in Belgium finished 3-3.Should Atleti be paired with Liverpool in the round of 16, it would be the sixth and seventh time they and their long-serving manager Diego Simeone have faced the defending Premier League champions in European football's premier club competition since 2020.Simeone's side knocked the Reds out of the Champions League in March 2020, winning 3-2 at Anfield to secure a 4-2 aggregate victory, in what was the final major football match in England before the sport was shut down due to the spread of coronavirus.The clubs have met three times in the group stages since then, with Liverpool winning on each occasion, including back in September when an injury-time Virgil van Dijk header earned a 3-2 home victory.

We were better in the second half."Without a doubt, it's extremely important for the club, both financially and globally, but we want more. Hopefully, we have the ability, the talent, and the energy to go further."We're not thinking about Liverpool or Tottenham.

Let's see if we can improve and advance. The lads have been playing a ton of games.”Meanwhile, the manager of Champions League surprise package Bodo/Glimt, Kjetil Knutsen, has admitted his giant-killing side have been inspired by the great teams Jurgen Klopp built at Anfield.The Norwegian minnows secured their place in the knockout phase play-offs by winning 3-1 at home to Manchester City and then 2-1 away to Atletico.But they topped those results over the past week as they stunned last season's beaten finalists Inter 5-2 on aggregate to book their spot in the round of 16, where they will face Man City once more or Sporting.And Knutsen said: "It is a path we have chosen to take, and it is about a lot of things.