Klopp salutes his Reds

In fact, he said he was satisfied with the performance.

The Reds will be without Adam Lallana, who picked up an injury in the worldwide break but have received a boost in the form of Philippe Coutinho, who has returned from the break in prime shape.

Quincy’s contract is about to expire, and his current value of 20 million pounds (according to transfer market) make it a very interesting player to follow by the biggest clubs across Europe, as that’s a very low price to pay considering how much talent this youngster has.

While Adam Lallana missed out on a return to his former club with an injury suffered while on global duty, Liverpool started with Sadio Mane, Firmino and Philippe Coutinho in attack.

Klopp’s side spent much of the game at St Mary’s on the front foot, racking up 15 attempts on Fraser Forster’s goal while, for the first time since their return to the Premier League in 2012, the Saints did not have a single shot on target throughout the 90 minutes. Can Liverpool maintain their form and stay top of the league through the weekend, or will the pressure get to them?

It is never easy, you can not only play counterattack, you can not only play high-press, you have to prepare for everything. A lot of teams play against us like this and we won.

“We weren’t that good against United. For all teams it’s almost the same but with players from South America it’s a little bit more hard, because they have long flights and all that stuff”, added the German manager.

Striker Jay Rodriguez says that has given Claude Puel’s side additional motivation ahead of the visit of Klopp’s men.

“The manager is a positive guy, a positive manager and he was satisfied with the game we played”. Usually you lose in game like this, because body language is such you end doing something different and giving one chance away and they score. They have good, physical players who are also technical and they have a good spirit.

Klopp, however, was content with his players’ application given the difficulty in preparing for a match at the end of an global break.

Fellow defender James Milner dismissed suggestions that Liverpool’s players may have been exhausted after their worldwide exertions.

I didn’t believe that we would ever again see a manager with that level of control in the Premier League. The first half was not bad, but it was not enough. And it seems the Reds are lining up another swoop on the St Mary’s club, with defender Virgil van Dijk and midfielder Sam McQueen lined up as part of a £40m January switch, according to the Daily Star.

Daniel Sturridge was introduced in the 78th and nearly provided an immediate impact as he dug out a cross to the back post which Clyne headed wide.