Jurgen Klopp referred to as his Liverpool group “easy to fall in love with” after watching them ease to a 5-1 win over Toulouse that places them in full management of their Europa League group.
Ryan Gravenberch was excellent in midfield, creating one and scoring one other, Diogo Jota acquired his eighth objective in seven in Europe’s second-tier competitors, Wataru Endo opened his Liverpool account and there have been additionally objectives for Darwin Nunez and substitute Mo Salah.
But the night time additionally demonstrated the depth in Liverpool’s squad as Klopp made eight modifications from the 2-0 win over native rivals Everton, handing a full debut to teenager Luke Chambers whereas Calum Scanlon and James McConnell each made their bows off the bench.
Debuts for Calum Scanlon and James McConnell tonight
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Klopp needed to conduct a major rebuild of his facet this summer season after final season’s disappointments and the sudden exits of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho, however the early indicators are promising with Liverpool three factors off the highest of the Premier League and firing on all fronts.
“I think it’s really easy to fall in love with this team,” Klopp stated. “There is a lot pleasure in it. We must make large steps, we’ve got to develop, we’ve got to do a number of issues however a number of the indicators are actually promising.
“How the team interacts with each other is really nice because when you talk about a rebuild of the team it’s all about the things you see on the pitch, obviously, but to see that there has to be a rebuild off the pitch as well and that’s going really well.”
Liverpool weren’t excellent on the night time, permitting Thijs Dallinga to cancel out Jota’s early opener when their excessive line was uncovered quarter of an hour in.
They additionally wanted Trent Alexander-Arnold to dam a Gabriel Souza shot on the road after a Caoimhin Kelleher mistake, however Klopp was very happy with what he noticed from a group that includes so many modifications as others had been saved in reserve for Sunday’s go to of Nottingham Forest.
“The result was good, the performance was good,” he stated. “There were a lot of really good individual performances which is nice because it’s important for development. Besides the goal we conceded and the chance we gave them when Trent had his spectacular save around that it was everything we expected.”
The 21-year-old Gravenberch, a summer season signing from Bayern Munich, was making back-to-back begins at membership degree for the primary time in 18 months, and delivered a stand-out efficiency, usually driving ahead from midfield and proving a continuing menace to Toulouse.
His objective could have come from what Klopp described as a “slapstick” second – when Nunez rounded the goalkeeper solely to hit his shot in opposition to the put up with Gravenberch choosing up the items – his efficiency definitely merited an look on the scoresheet.
“I really like him, as a boy, as a player, it’s really nice to see how much he starts believing in himself again,” Klopp stated. “That’s obviously very important for a young player especially. There’s lot to improve on still which is good news because everybody sees the potential he has.”
Nunez left the pitch nonetheless kicking himself for his miss, however Klopp was delighted with the Uruguayan.
“(Darwin) played incredible,” he stated. “Honestly on this second I couldn’t care lower than he hits the put up as a result of every little thing earlier than was tremendous convincing, how he took the defender away, how he went previous the goalie it was an ideal scenario.
“He played really good, the goal he scored, the situations he was in. He is in a good moment and for us that’s really important. I’m really pleased for him. Yes it’s a bit of slapstick when the ball doesn’t go in but Ryan puts it in and it’s cool.”
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