Jurgen Klopp felt his Liverpool crew delivered by way of efficiency and outcome as they put their title heartbreak apart to beat Tottenham 4-2.
The Reds’ hopes of successful the Premier League had been successfully ended by a collection of irritating outcomes over the previous few weeks.
However with the strain off, the Merseysiders had been nearer to their fluent greatest as they dealt a blow to Spurs’ top-four prospects at Anfield on Sunday.
Klopp, who now has only one extra residence recreation remaining earlier than standing down as supervisor on the finish of the season, mentioned: “I actually appreciated the way in which the boys performed. I appreciated the person performances, how we performed collectively. So many good issues.
“It was a very good soccer recreation, and I feel that’s what everyone ought to count on from us – outcomes as properly. We delivered each.”
Liverpool stormed forward as Mohamed Salah put his current spat with Klopp behind him to move the opener earlier than Andy Robertson tapped in a second.
Cody Gakpo added to the lead with a high-quality header and Harvey Elliott curled in a elegant fourth from outdoors the realm.
But after Spurs rallied with objectives from Richarlison and Son Heung-min, Klopp admitted the closing phases had been uncomfortable.
He mentioned: “Did I count on us to be 4-0 up? No. Did I count on us to be at 4-2 and Ali having to make two extra worldie saves? No.
“However when you concentrate on it, it’s not unlikely as a result of earlier than the sport, for Tottenham, in the event that they win they’re totally again within the struggle for the Champions League.
“For us it means we’re third. We can’t change that any extra, most likely, in both route.
“What you noticed as properly was Tottenham is Tottenham, they’re actually good and once you allow them to do this then they’re particularly good.”
Spurs’ defeat was their fourth in succession and meant they squandered an opportunity to chop the hole to fourth-placed Aston Villa, who misplaced earlier within the day.
Head coach Ange Postecoglou, nevertheless, felt his crew not less than confirmed indicators of enchancment.
The Australian mentioned: “Clearly it was a vastly disappointing final result for us however not less than we had been extra like ourselves at this time by way of our soccer.
“Even within the first half, a few of our soccer, our urgent, was again to the place it must be.
“However we lacked an actual leading edge for certain. We simply had nothing in that entrance third, and that allowed Liverpool to get snug.
“And after they received ahead their entrance guys had been fairly deadly in pouncing on our errors.
“So sure, 4-0, we’ve received a mountain to climb however, after we play like ourselves, we all the time end robust.”
Postecoglou performed down an incident because the gamers left the sector at half-time when goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario stepped in to defuse a heated change between Cristian Romero and Emerson Royal.
He mentioned: “They care. It hurts them. They’re not going to simply be proud of the present state of affairs. They need it to enhance.
“So there’s completely nothing mistaken with that, so long as it’s executed in a constructive manner.”
