James Milner said it was a good time to be at Liverpool as the midfielder eyes trophies.
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Since Klopp’s arrival at Anfield, the Reds have slowly climbed the table, losing just one game in ten and qualified for the knock out stage of the Europa League.
Both keepers didn’t have much to do in the half as both teams lacked the cutting edge in the opposition half.
He told LFC TV after the win over Swansea: “It was a tough game, especially also we played against the wind and it wasn’t so easy”.
Everton have scored 14 goals in their four games in November, notably crushing Newcastle United 6-2, overwhelming Aston Villa 4-0 and playing out a gripping 3-3 draw at Bournemouth on Saturday. “We just need to keep doing well”, explained Ibe.
“We had (Philippe) Coutinho, (Roberto) Firmino, (Adam) Lallana and now you have Benteke and that is a good thing”.
The England worldwide made his first appearance for the German as a late substitute in the 1-0 win over Swansea, only his fourth appearance since April after a hip operation and knee and foot problems.
“They’ve come from a long break with hard injuries and now they are back”.
Simon Mignolet had not that much work.
However, Klopp felt the Reds were well worth the win, even if the result wasn’t as emphatic as their recent successes away to Chelsea and Manchester City.
“We’ve had indifferent performances in this period but you clearly see how determined they are”, he said.
Following back-to-back wins over City and Bordeaux, Liverpool began confidently and nearly went ahead five minutes in via Kyle Bartley. Parts of our game against Man City should always be in our game, but there is a big difference.
Klopp said: “I was only on the pitch during the warmup, but it [the wind] was really insane because it changed all the time”. You only have to remember a little way back to a most famous slip, where a title was lost in an instant, or on the flip side to another time when the eventual winners were about to lose a title and then up popped their talisman striker in the last seconds to net the victor and the title.
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But Monk insisted the performance showed there is no danger his players are not prepared to turn it on for him – and instead showed they are ready to turn the corner as they prepared to face Jamie Vardy-inspired Leicester next week.
