Jurgen Klopp felt his Liverpool staff delivered when it comes to efficiency and end result as they put their title heartbreak apart to beat Tottenham 4-2.
The Reds’ hopes of successful the Premier League have been successfully ended by a sequence of irritating outcomes over the previous few weeks.
However with the stress off, the Merseysiders have been nearer to their fluent greatest as they dealt a blow to Spurs’ top-four prospects at Anfield on Sunday.
Klopp, who now has only one extra residence recreation remaining earlier than standing down as supervisor on the finish of the season, stated: “I actually preferred the way in which the boys performed. I preferred the person performances, how we performed collectively. So many good issues.
“It was a extremely good soccer recreation, and I believe that’s what all people ought to count on from us – outcomes as properly. We delivered each.”
Liverpool stormed forward as Mohamed Salah put his current spat with Klopp behind him to move the opener earlier than Andy Robertson tapped in a second.
Cody Gakpo added to the lead with a positive header and Harvey Elliott curled in a chic fourth from exterior the world.
But after Spurs rallied with objectives from Richarlison and Son Heung-min, Klopp admitted the closing levels have been uncomfortable.
He stated: “Did I count on us to be 4-0 up? No. Did I count on us to be at 4-2 and Ali having to make two extra worldie saves? No.
“However when you consider it, it’s not unlikely as a result of earlier than the sport, for Tottenham, in the event that they win they’re absolutely again within the battle for the Champions League.
“For us it means we’re third. We can not change that any extra, most likely, in both course.
“What you noticed as properly was Tottenham is Tottenham, they’re actually good and while you allow them to do this then they’re particularly good.”
Spurs’ defeat was their fourth in succession and meant they squandered an opportunity to chop the hole to fourth-placed Aston Villa, who misplaced earlier within the day.
Head coach Ange Postecoglou, nevertheless, felt his staff at the very least confirmed indicators of enchancment.
The Australian stated: “Clearly it was a vastly disappointing end result for us however at the very least we have been extra like ourselves at present when it comes to our soccer.
“Even within the first half, a few of our soccer, our urgent, was again to the place it must be.
“However we lacked an actual leading edge for certain. We simply had nothing in that entrance third, and that allowed Liverpool to get snug.
“And after they bought ahead their entrance guys have been fairly deadly in pouncing on our errors.
“So sure, 4-0, we’ve bought a mountain to climb however, after we play like ourselves, we all the time end robust.”
Postecoglou performed down an incident because the gamers left the sector at half-time when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario stepped in to defuse a heated trade between Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal.
He stated: “They care. It hurts them. They’re not going to simply be proud of the present state of affairs. They need it to enhance.
“So there’s completely nothing mistaken with that, so long as it’s finished in a constructive manner.”
