“We tried to put as many players as possible on the pitch who have trained together this week”, Klopp continued.
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Pellegrini also refused to discuss the performance of Raheem Sterling on his first appearance against the club he left in the summer in a £49million deal.
An Eliaquim Mangala own goal early on got proceedings off to a disastrous start for City, before Philipe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino struck to breeze Liverpool into a three-goal advantage.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini made two changes at the interval with the momentum having slightly shifted to his side.
“It was far from flawless, but it was very, very good”, said Klopp.
Substitute Christian Benteke, not a man of great speed, still almost bumbled his way to a goal on a breakaway, but Joe Hart stymied his shot.
There weren’t too many fans surprised when Liverpool chose to part ways with the Northern Irishman, but I for one was upset at his sacking.
Jurgen Klopp has said that Liverpool’s 4-1 demolition of title-chasing Manchester City at Eastlands on Saturday represented a “big step” for his troops.
The attacking midfielder danced past Bacary Sagna, and he provided Firmino with the easiest of tap-ins, queueing wild celebrations from the Liverpool fans and players. His anger was evident after the game as he went on to claim he has never seen his team play like they did against Liverpool before.
“Who are our attacking midfielders at this moment: (Jordon) Ibe, (Roberto) Firmino, Coutinho, (Adam) Lallana – they are all in a row with the other guys (at Dortmund)”.
Klopp’s side, beaten 2-1 at home by Crystal Palace in their previous outing, have now won away at Chelsea and City, although they rose just one place in the standings to ninth.
The Nigerian youngster replaced Sergio Aguero in the 65th minute as City chased the game.
‘It was very important they could train for 12 days with us without interruption.
Firmino enjoyed his best performance in a red shirt since joining the club from German side Hoffenheim for a reported fee of 29 million pounds ($45.8 million).
Thankfully, Coutinho had done enough in that time to put the result beyond doubt, but perhaps more importantly – he’s not badly injured.
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‘I had five years here so it was unusual to come back.
