City will be back – Milner

Liverpool have improved on the road under Jurgen Klopp, winning at Manchester City and Chelsea, but their home form remains disappointing. “You don’t have time to train, you don’t have time to work on the basics as you do [normally]”. And it’s remarkable how quickly they have proven effective in the two biggest games of his reign.

Leicester City are now occupying one of the top four spots, but they aren’t expected to keep up with the rest for the entire season, and when they drop off, Klopp’s men are expected to pounce.

“I’m playing all the time, I’m learning and becoming stronger so this is all good for me”, he added. Each said the thrilling victory at The Etihad Stadium will be a source of confidence among the squad, and they hope the Reds can use the renewed momentum to their advantage in the coming weeks. “We know we can do better”. “We played our game and scored a fourth goal”. It’s far away from ideal, but it was a big step.

Despite Sergio Aguero pulling one back just before half-time, the visitors entered the interval with a commanding lead and a number of their players appeared in disbelief at what was occurring.

Reports on the final day of the summer transfer window linked Lucas with a move to Besiktas after he failed to feature in the first two Premier League games of the campaign, against Stoke City and Bournemouth.

“To me it is a foul because he clearly pushed me, but the game kept going and we conceded a goal”.

Carragher believes key to the triumph was the intelligent movement of front three Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana. “We can’t change our targets just because we have won”.

Liverpool, who sit ninth in the league table, go into Sunday’s league game against an out-of-sorts Swansea City knowing a win could see them go as high as sixth in the table.

“I had some difficulties in Italy when I was younger”, said the 23-year-old.

Milner said his side, now six points behind third-placed City, were “outstanding” as they pressed and pressured his former club into mistakes and blended brilliantly in attack. He’s always there at the side of the pitch, I love his enthusiasm, it’s like he goes on the pitch with them – he’s like a twelfth man.

“I have never seen this team play in the way they did tonight”.