Everton draw Manchester City in Capital One Cup semi-finals

It’s important for us that we have these good strikers that can react in the moments.

There were many positives for Jurgen Klopp, despite his side conceding in the first minute when Mane put the home side ahead, heading past goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.

“I’m not a manager who changes a lot if the team is doing well, but always the question to the players is when they get the chance, you have to take it”.

Alberto Moreno’s drive deflected off the 20-year-old and he was awarded the goal before adding two more in the second half, on either side of Jordon Ibe’s neat strike as the Saints fell apart after a promising start.

Sturridge started for the first time since the Merseyside derby in October and Klopp said the England international’s impact for the rest of the campaign would come down to management.

As the above tables show, Klopp’s Liverpool are closer to the summit after 14 games than Rodgers’ side were when they nearly went all the way, with just six points the gap this time around.

“We do not have magic ideas”, said Klopp, whose team were drawn against Stoke City in the last four, leaving open the possibility of a meeting with either Manchester City or local rivals Everton in the final.

“We listened to the manager and I was so pumped by what he’d said – the vibe, the emotion and the feeling – I walked out wanting the game to start there and then, in that second”.

The chorus was only getting louder as Origi nodded home a Brad Smith cross to complete his hat-trick in the dying stages…

The Reds travel to Southampton in Wednesday’s Capital One Cup quarter-final and Klopp is expecting a hard game. The problem with Daniel was we didn’t know how long he could play.

“It was the first draw that I saw live, but it’s interesting “one, two, three, four” in a row – are you sure?” he said with a smirk on Sky Sports 1.

Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson are likely to be involved after making their injury returns with substitute appearances against Swansea City, while the Saints will have Graziano Pelle back in the squad after the Italian missed the trip to Etihad Stadium because of suspension. “If everybody is fit then we have a few disappointed players, if not enough players are fit then the intensity is too high for the healthy players”. Former midfielder Patrik Berger paid the team the ultimate compliment, comparing them to the reigning Champions League winners.