Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho expected to miss meeting with Newcastle

“I have never had a problem with too much confidence!”

Davis said: “We couldn’t have asked for a better start in the game and it was disappointing to go in at half-time 3-1 down and then the way the second-half unfolded as well”.

“We don’t think about this”.

“Wednesday night we showed [belief] when we conceded and we did the same against Chelsea when we got back and won the game”. If you travel to Newcastle, you have to get as many points as you can. “We must be prepared”.

“There were some doubts about the heel, but he feels good and that’s really good for us when you see who we will play in December and January – beating Southampton has given us some problems in January! We must be prepared”.

It was a performance of true collective brilliance, and the Reds now head into Sunday’s clash away to Newcastle United brimming with confidence-heavy favourites away from home.

“Hendo (Henderson) is a good example of why players must be handled differently”.

Whatever happens, there’s absolutely no need to rush £30m-rated Coutinho back into the team.

Sturridge’s two goals in the thrashing of Southampton gave his manager a taste of his finishing prowess and, more importantly for Klopp, the England frontman came through the encounter without suffering any major ill-effects.

Fast-moving, hard-working and heavy-hitting, the likes of Alberto Moreno, Lucas Leiva, Emre Can, Joe Allen and Adam Lallana propelled Liverpool to an overwhelming victory, with a returning Sturridge providing the flourish in the final third alongside Origi, who made his fifth start under Klopp. It was good for him and good for us!

The Brazil worldwide has not played for two weeks and the Anfield manager added: “I like optimism but with Phil we were too optimistic. He can train almost normally but he doesn’t feel totally comfortable”.

“We are often in talks about it. His problem is that we speak the same language so I speak more with him”.

“Wednesday/Sunday is ok for recovery. So we will have to wait again”.

The England striker has suffered a spate of injuries this year but returned to the side in the Capital One Cup tie in impressive style as he scored twice and turned in an excellent display.

“Obviously he did well in the last game”.

“It’s been good for us that he can play in midfield and improve his game”.

“Of course, he felt each muscle after the game and that’s normal because it was intensive”. The muscle is a unsafe thing when you are always on your feet, and when you don’t feel comfortable you have to stop.