‘Salt in the soup’ Man United derby excites Klopp

“If you are good, you have to show it and against Arsenal he did”. At Liverpool it is very tight, you are very close to each other.

And, while Klopp was full of praise for the Dutchman, he admitted the two contrast when it comes down to their footballing philosophies.

“When you refuse to lose games, you often find yourself winning them.

Kasper made some fantastic saves and it is the third clean sheet in a row (in the Premier League)”, said Ranieri.

“I felt we had an apprehensive start”.

The question for Louis van Gaal is this: can United show the same attacking verve on Merseyside while at the same time rediscovering their resilience in defence?

Since Klopp took over they have won 3-1 and 4-1 at Chelsea and City respectively and they will look to maintain that sort of form at home to Manchester United on Sunday. The Premier League have given us Craig Pawson and I think that will suit us more than Stoke as he tends to be a bot more on the strict side of refereeing.

Whenever the Gunners were able to beat the press, they terrified Liverpool’s shaky rearguard, with Mamadou Sakho and Kolo Toure looking short of match fitness and, perhaps, confidence.

Arsenal’s best player on the night Giroud was not so pleased with the finish to the game. When you concede three goals in an away game it is hard to win.

Although Klopp would not criticise Van Gaal’s approach, which has angered United fans, he insists it is not a way he can operate.

“A game against Manchester United is a bit like Dortmund v Schalke”, he added.

“It would not be the same game if people went into the stadium and only thought about tactics, like this player needs to move three yards left, or four yards right. But that is always hard, because the passion to play these kind of games is always high”.

“I said after the Arsenal game I don’t like 3-3 too much but when the game is over everyone likes it, a lot of action in it, a lot of goals – that’s what it should be”. You need time for adaptation. “It’s very important that we keep things going at home”.

The Baggies trailed twice, but came back both times, with James McClean scoring the equalizer for 2-2.

Former Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby thinks that Christian Benteke is becoming a Plan B for the side, after he came off the bench to play a key role in the equalising goal in the 3-3 draw against Arsenal. At the end, it was brilliant from Giroud but in the beginning we have to defend it better – it was not too hard.

With Mignolet struggling and his deputy, Adam Bogdan, making numerous mistakes in his rare outings, Liverpool recalled goalkeeper Danny Ward from his loan spell with Aberdeen on Monday.

The impressive Giroud gave Arsenal a second half lead but Allen netted in the 90th minute to earn Liverpool a point.