Liverpool claimed a remarkable three points, courtesy of a brace by Mohamed Salah at Anfield. The Egyptian netted goals on either side of the halftime interval, complemented by a spectacular strike from Diogo Jota.
With this victory, Liverpool continue their strong start to the 2023/24 season, spanning various competitions. The result saw them move up to second position in the table.
Klopp pleased with Liverpool reaction after Toulese defeat
Speaking after the game, Klopp said: “100 per cent. That’s exactly it. Losing a game, playing not too well, makes not a lot of sense. When you think about the season [and] when you look back to other seasons there was no season where you win all your football games. If it [a loss] happens you just have to take the right things out of it and make the right conclusion.”
“I’m really pleased that we used that opportunity, to lose against Toulouse and then reacting in the way we did today, so you’ll never find out, but if we’d won at Toulouse [maybe] we’d have a fantastic performance and we struggle today completely against Brentford.”
“It’s absolutely impossible because you have these struggling moments around set-pieces, you cannot avoid them, the wind plays a part, but how we control the moments we could control was absolutely exceptional. All the moments when we could keep the ball on the ground, when we could play football, when Darwin connected the game for us exceptionally, it was super-dangerous for them. We scored wonderful goals, to be honest, and it was a real good performance against one of the most difficult opponents you can face.”
Mohamed Salah put in a man of the match performance with a brace that saw him hit 200 goals in English football.
Speaking about the Egyptian’s performance, Klopp said: “Exceptional. Just an exceptional player. He played a super game today. We all know how difficult it is against these two tall centre-backs, two players around him and all these kind of things, but how often he kept the ball for us and we could play from there – that was super-important – and then scoring two goals.”
“We had so many good moments in the first half where we scored but it was offside and things like that. Then in that moment, the composure for the first goal is insane. There is no doubt when the ball is in that area [that] in the end you see it on the scoresheet. A pretty special player.”
