Jurgen Klopp hailed his Liverpool avid gamers for “the declare recreation we played this season” as they tore Leeds aside at Elland Street on Monday.
Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah every scored twice, with additional dreams from Cody Gakpo and Darwin Nunez condemning Leeds to a 6-1 defeat.
After the sport, Klopp acknowledged he was once “in actuality elated” with the performance, and was once in particular impressed with the counter-pressing from his aspect.
“I absorb it is the declare recreation we played this season from various facets of the sport,” he advisable Sky Sports activities.
“I absorb we forced quite a complete lot of errors, (scored) sensational dreams, counter-pressing-wise it was once the declare for, I want to notify, decades. In point of fact elated about that recreation.”
A foremost bag in six matches can beget done nothing for Liverpool’s league position – they dwell eighth – but they are in actuality 9 factors adrift of fourth-placed Newcastle.
Nonetheless, Klopp believes the confidence which started to return with a second-half comeback in their old match against Arsenal affords them an outside probability of a speed at Champions League qualification in the event that they’ll assign together a speed treasure they did in the 2020-21 season.
“The second half against Arsenal was once neatly-organized-foremost for all of us,” he acknowledged. “There are collected eight games to approach encourage and now we beget got to attain what we did tonight again and again.
“I am hoping these one-and-a-half games affords us a elegant trace for the pause of the season.
“The adaptation between this season and that season is we are a bit additional away (from the top four).
“We want to execute one thing new, per chance, one thing a bit various.
“If the groups in front of us bag all the games then now we beget got no probability so now we beget got to invent on performances.
“I even don’t beget any clue if we can bag someplace shut but I don’t converse it is too foremost.
“I’d treasure to contemplate us with the identical want and passion and figuring out treasure we showed tonight and that’s the job to convey it on the pitch consistently.”
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