Klopp satisfied but wants more at Liverpool

However, Manchester City will have history on their side, the Citizens have won four and lost none of their past six matches against Liverpool at the Etihad. It wasn’t necessarily all about that against City – it was all about dropping off and then springing into counter-attacks.

“The gaffer has worked really hard on that and at half-time he said when you come into the dressing room at 3-1 away to Manchester City, you have to be happy and you have to go out in the second half with a positive feeling”.

Manchester City have failed in their bid to reclaim top spot in English football’s Premier League.

He said: “It was unusual coming back to place where I was for five years and had a lot of good times, but as soon as you step on the field it is business time”. The Brazilian started alongside his compatriot Coutinho as the two tore the City defense to shreds by combining superbly with each other.

It follows the win at Stamford Bridge, another ground Liverpool have struggled at in recent times, showing that Klopp has the big-game mentality and know-how. The crowd was a bit nervous when they couldn’t build up their game like they want. “We pressed them all over the field, created a few chances and I thought we could have had a few more”, said Milner, back in the starting line up after missing the home defeat by Crystal Palace with a hamstring strain. “It was a complete disaster, the whole team”.

Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno and Emre Can were all signed by Rodgers in the summer of 2014, arriving as the club was suffering the hangover of the previous season’s close-run thing.

Martin Skrtel – Fantastic strike for the fourth goal and made an incredible ten clearances, the most of any player on the pitch. Can looked satisfied to be a simple central midfielder rather than as the sweeper/overlapping full-back his previous boss regularly switched him around to. Sterling and his City teammates took it on the chin in a 4-1 loss.