A devastating and dominant display saw the Reds batter Manchester City 4-1 at the Etihad on Saturday to highlight the influence and impact of the German since he replaced Brendan Rodgers.
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“That is what you need and every top team has – competition for places all over the field”.
It was the first time since February 2003 that City had conceded three before the interval in a league fixture. The points, and style of play, we can do better and that’s very important. As the last time City shipped four goals in any competition at home was in 2012 under Roberto Mancini (when they lost 4-2 to Aston Villa in the League Cup).
In the five Premier Leagues games managed by Klopp, Liverpool have managed to get eight points with their two victories coming against Chelsea and Man City. “These big wins go unnoticed if you lose at home but today is a great platform and hopefully we can kick on”.
The reds deservedly went ahead in just the 7th minute thanks to such pressure – with Mangala forced to turn the ball into his own net. “If we can get the home form right we won’t be too far away”. “But I wasn’t. I exhausted quite quickly and didn’t have as much power as I usually do”.
Raheem Sterling, the £49M signing who left Liverpool leaving a bad taste in the mouth, was anonymous – a performance that will not have been unfamiliar to Liverpool fans who witnessed the final period of his Anfield career.
“If you are stuck in the forest and it’s dark and you are afraid and someone tells you not to be then it doesn’t work”, he said.
Jamie Carragher has hailed the opening half-hour of Liverpool’s performance against Manchester City as “as good as anything” in Premier League history. “He’s very good tactically and he gives players belief”.
“I think it is something that opposition teams will be looking at and thinking that if they play quick they might be able to expose that”.
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“There was talk about why [Christian] Benteke wasn’t playing and Klopp said, “Well I’ve been using the same players for the last 10 days in training” and you can see how that’s worked”. When we have time, all the players are around the world with the national teams.
