Master Motivator - Jurgen Klopp

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James Milner believes their dramatic victory over Borussia Dortmund could prove to be a watershed moment in the reign of Jurgen Klopp.

The Reds twice came back from two goals down against the Europa League favourites to win 4-3 on the night, 5-4 on aggregate, with Dejan Lovren's added-time goal putting them into the semi-finals.

The most significant change Klopp has made to the squad he inherited from Brendan Rodgers in mid-October - having eschewed the chance to strengthen in the January transfer window - is the belief he has instilled.

That got them over the line against his former club on a famous night at Anfield and Milner thinks overcoming that considerable hurdle and being just three matches away from winning a trophy, having lost February's Capital One Cup final to his previous side Manchester City on penalties, is significant.

"It will do a lot. I have said at times this year that I don't think there is that belief there that the boys believe how good they are," he said.

"It is a young team and sometimes we struggle for consistency but to beat a team like Dortmund and to come back the way we did and going this far in a major European competition is obviously massive.

"We got to the League Cup final and while we didn't win we put ourselves in position again.

"Hopefully we can get belief from this. if we can beat them we can beat anyone and hopefully we can now go on to win some silverware.

"It was the same when I was at City and we managed to win that first piece of silverware."

Klopp has a reputation for being a master motivator and he was at his best during the half-time interval.

Trailing 2-0 and with a mountain to climb the German evoked memories of Liverpool's past by recalling the 2005 Champions League final when they overturned a 3-0 half-time deficit against AC Milan to win a fifth European Cup on penalties.

Milner said: "The manager was brilliant. He was calm. He said, 'We are not playing too badly. It is a long way back, we have lost the first half but you have nothing to lose, go out and do it'.

"It would have been easy for him to come in effing and blinding but he didn't.

"He reminded us of a situation where the club has come through a similar situation before.

"He obviously mentioned a certain night in Istanbul and said there have been other great nights in this club's history from a similar position so go out and see what happens.

"I think it was the perfect atmosphere created at half-time to be honest."

When the players emerged early for the second half they were greeted with a chorus of You'll Never Walk Alone from the Kop, and as the tide finally began to turn their way in the closing 25 minutes the ground almost shook to the crowd's roar.

"The way the fans were when we were driving into the game they deserve that victory," Milner added.

"The atmosphere especially in the second half when we got the second goal and drove forward means it is difficult for any team to come here.

"When the crowd are like that there are not too many better places in the world to be playing and to be part of a night like that is fantastic."

With a Champions League place on offer for the winners there is the temptation to put all their focus onto Europe - Liverpool are currently eighth, nine points behind fourth-placed City with a match in hand - but Milner dismissed that.

"We will try to win every game. It is important to try to finish strongly in the league," he said ahead of Sunday's trip to Bournemouth.

"The performance was good at the weekend against Stoke (a 4-1 win) and I think that contributed massively to the Dortmund result and gave us the momentum to keep winning games."

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Jurgen Klopps Liverpool evoked the spirit of Istanbul to secure a place in the Europa League semi-finals in a stunning fightback against Borussia Dortmund.

The Reds scored four second-half goals as they fought back from 2-0 and 3-1 down in the second-leg of their last eight tie to win 4-3 and prevail 5-4 on aggregate against Klopp's former side.

Liverpool were cut apart in the early stages as they conceded twice in the opening nine minutes but their revival echoed their famous Champions League fightback against AC Milan in the 2005 final.

Klopp said: "The counter-attack of Dortmund is, in some moments, (something you cannot) defend and we saw that after four minutes, after nine minutes.

"Very often in football the game is over then but not here, not with this Liverpool team. That is great to be part of.

"But at half-time there was a good atmosphere because I was satisfied, not with the goals, but the game in general.

"I told the lads, 'I was not there but a few older Liverpool players, most of them now experts on television, were 3-0 down at half-time and won a Champions League final. So, even though it is not likely, it is possible. We should try it'. And they did.

"We scored and everyone could see something happening in the stadium. You could see it, hear it, smell it. Then a brilliant attacking situation - Dortmund 3-1.

"Then really that is the moment in football and life when you have to show character and that's what the lads did, and it was pretty cool to watch.

"To come back in a game like this against this highest quality opponent you need a little bit of luck but everybody who saw the game would have to say at the end it was deserved."

It was another of Anfield's famous European nights and Klopp had praise for the fans, who built up a ferocious atmosphere throughout.

He said: "It was an outstanding atmosphere. We need experience like this to grow together. Now we have something like a milestone and that is really good."