The Monday night victory at Elland Road in the Premier League could act as a pivotal moment for the Reds this season.
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Liverpool returned to their previous best, as they trounced a clueless Leeds United side 6-1 in the Premier League. The Monday night clash at Elland Road could act as a pivotal moment for the Reds this season. With not many games left in the campaign, Jurgen Klopp’s side are sitting far behind in the top four race. However, they would hope that the latest result could help them find some much-needed momentum to end the season on a high. If Liverpool can go on an incredible winning run, they could seal an unlikely top four place.
However, for now Jurgen Klopp is happy with the result on Monday night, as he found plenty of positives from the comfortable victory. “I don’t know. [What] pleased me most? The moment of the game, the best [one] I enjoyed the most, was the 92nd minute. I think it was already five or six-one, we lose the ball and four players chase the poor, poor player from Leeds down in that moment. I think that’s the basis for the whole game because that gave us stability. It was, from a counter-pressing point of view, definitely the best game we played this season. In possession probably as well,” Klopp was quoted as saying by their club’s website in a press conference.
“Being calm, prepared with little passes, preparing direction in a really good way. At least three goals we scored [came] after counter-press, which is obviously massively helpful. Then we were calm in the decisive moments to pass exceptional balls. I think Mo’s second was super play, I’m not sure if it was Curtis to Robbo, then Cody, then playing the ball to Mo. That was really, really good. A lot of good moments; the last goal was a sensational pass from Trent and Darwin could finish it off. It was a good game.”
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Diogo Jota had a memorable outing at Elland Road after finding the back of the net twice. Beyond the goal, his overall play was also impressive for Liverpool on Monday night. Praising Jota’s contribution, Klopp said, “Yeah, [he was] injured too long, same like Lucho [Diaz], and that’s obviously tricky. Diogo was involved in a lot of top, top moments, won the ball back and set up Mo’s first. Still, you can see there is space for improvement and he has some moments where you can see the rhythm maybe [is] not 100 per cent.”
“The front three played tonight – and we could’ve had a completely different front three – the way they defended tonight, that was an important part of it, because they all can play football, but we need to understand it starts there. I think the counter-pressing mode was set by Curtis and Hendo, it was absolutely top how they chased pretty much everything on the pitch. That was super-important. I didn’t remember a situation where Robbo was in a one-on-one situation or Trent was in a one-on-one situation because we were always moving to the ball. So many important things and I liked it a lot.”
