Liverpool IN – Celtic OUT – Europa League

“I can not say much about this, we trained in the morning and went to the hotel and he had to leave”, Klopp told BT Sport.

Klopp was pleased with the way his team managed to grind out a win.

“I would say it has been ups and downs but the most important thing is the present”, said the former Lyon defender.

“I tried to work hard for the team and today was a good game for ourselves”. Following their goals at the weekend, look the likes of Roberto Firminho, Christian Benteke and Philippe Coutinho to be among the scorers, with the latter in particular looking to continue what has been a scintillating start to the season.

“We will try everything when we travel to Sion in two weeks, but there are 50 games between then and now!”, he joked, flashing that all too familiar smile before getting back to business.

“That’s normal with this score, it was a big fight so we’re very satisfied because easy games anyone can win, you have to win the tough games and it was a tough game”.

The Belgium global, who was left on the bench for last Sunday’s victory at Manchester City, has had his niggles since arriving but a fourth goal in his last nine appearances suggests he is more than capable of fulfilling the consistency requirement for his new boss.

The French club had taken a shock lead thanks to Henri Saivet’s free-kick from 16 yards after keeper Simon Mignolet was done for holding on to the ball.

Liverpool move on to the knockout rounds of the Europa League with their home win over Bordeaux tonight, making it five games unbeaten in the competition and two wins on the trot.

“The [Mignolet] free-kick… I am long in this business and never had a time-play after 25 minutes from the team with more ball possession”, he added. If we win 2-1 or 1-0, I’m not interested.

“We are in a good position at this moment but in football you solve one problem and the next second you have another one”, he said.

“I have been tested so many times in my life, even at other clubs, so this is just another school for me to learn”.