Jürgen Klopp paused his celebrations to ping off crucial texts while he was delirium of achieving their third Champions League final in five years.
His wife received the first one. The next set was sent to the pair who were drafted in as the spine of the team when they broke their leg and found it difficult to move.
The manager told Sky Sports News that he messaged the two men because they wouldn't be there without them.
I remember the final game of last season where they left the pitch with a bandage around the head, cuts on their faces, and that was a symbol for the whole period. We went through on one leg and it was amazing. It was a tough season.
The German is relaxing in a media room at the training base on the anniversary of Alisson's 95th-minute goal against West Bromwich, which helped seal a place in the playoffs and further fuel a fighting spirit that has provided the possibility of a quadruple.
He is reflecting on what went before and the contrast to where his side are with the League Cup and FA Cup already collected ahead of a decisive fortnight to determine the destination of the title and European glory.
"Hopefully nobody forgot how hard we fought to get here, so we can move on."
We felt it. The public told us that we had underperformed. You think that we are facing teams in the strongest league in the world having played for the majority of the time without our full defence. We had no centre-halves, had to use other players in the last line, and nothing worked.
In the end, we played with two incredible players, but we couldn't use them earlier because they needed time to adapt. There was a point to prove and I am happy that the boys did that.
We should really squeeze everything out of these contests.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Sky Sports News senior reporter Melissa Reddy, Klopp explained why he doesn't like being intense and why he doesn't like being relentless.
Pep Guardiola said the league battle goes down to the wire with City andLiverpool due to the uncompromising nature of both teams.
It is good to be honest. He is correct. I can give all the praise because it is incredible. The quality of the team is wonderful and the City show is consistent.
The most challenging thing is when you have talented boys who know how to throw the ball and they do it! I respect that a lot and we do it as well. It is the same mix.
We are different teams with similar skills and I don't think intense is the right word anymore. The levels we push each other to are insane.
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Being just around them without finals is not cool because they are still a point behind. It is close, but not where you want to be. Because we have qualified for finals and won two of them, that makes this season really enjoyable.
I have tinted glasses, but I think it is exciting to watch if you are neutral. They really are going to the end and it is great to be involved.
It can be more enjoyable than it is tense.
Two teams of incredibly high level - we cannot leave them out of these talks because they went for those two cups and quarter-finals in the Champions League - that's what I think of the finals against Chelsea.
The concentration level was insane and both were examples of top finals for me. I understand that people want to see goals, but I don't think anyone got bored by these games because there was so much. This is how we push each other.
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The success of the League Cup and FA Cup forLiverpool is mentioned, but the reaction to big defeats in the initial years of your tenure is interesting. And then the desire to keep chasing more after tasting success?
All of us expect that relentlessness from ourselves. We are used to defeats, which means we are not free of them.
As long as I have a chance, it was always enough for me. We have the chance to react, so let's try it. When you lose, you have to work to get the other feeling.
When we sang the song after the trophy was lost to Real Madrid, I think it was pretty special. My phone reminded me of that memory this morning when I saw a picture of Peter Krawietz and another friend holding a vase pretending it was the trophy. That is when we started creating the song, but it is a good example.
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You try hard, you want to win everything, we go for it with all you have and it is still possible to lose. It feels really bad. I had it a lot in my life, but I think they all improved my mind as well. I don't think I made a lot of mistakes in the finals, but maybe there were a few.
I thought you have to play your best game. I was more than happy with the fact that we won the trophy when it was the worst final we played. I accepted it because I was not coaching on the sideline. We all tried to defend well and get through the game.
We have to learn to win. Sometimes we don't give ourselves enough time to do it. That is it.
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