As you might expect, Jürgen Klopp's post-match press conference was a pretty light affair after Liverpool's historic win over Manchester United on Sunday. The Boss had mostly good things to about the Reds' 7-0 smashing of United.
Liverpool's destruction of their rivals puts them in the top 5 of the Premier League with 42 points. They have, until today, very quietly crept back up the table. This afternoon they very much announced their intent to finish this season strong with volume and authority.
About the historic result, Klopp said, “Freak result, top performance. A really top performance from the start, I thought the way we started the game was really special, the best for a long, long, long, long, long, long time.”
That's a lot of “longs” but, the Boss seems to have forgotten this isn't even the most goals the team has scored in a game this season. However, today's effort was certainly the best Liverpool have looked in the 2022/23 season.
That includes their 9-0 destruction of next week's opponent Bournemouth back in August. He continued, “We were there, we were aggressive but we played football. We were calm in the right moments, super lively, super active in other moments [and] after 25 minutes it opened up a bit.”
How About That 2nd Half?
Liverpool scored 6 of the 7 goals in the match after halftime. While the Reds looked really good in the first half, they looked like the best team on the planet in the second. The Manager noticed, “I don't think the second half could start better with the two goals we forced there pretty much and from that moment on the boys were flying.”
The Boss on the Kids
Klopp was very complimentary of his offence today. He went out of his way to name names. He focused a lot of his praise on Liverpool's newest additions. The Manager heaped praise on Darwin Núñez and Cody Gakpo.
He said, “In a way, I think everybody saw how good the boys can be. I think nobody was in doubt about Darwin's future impact when he settles because he is a real force of nature, Cody plays in the most difficult area of the pitch against a man-marking side which is super tricky, but how he keeps himself on his feet there and has the overview of everybody else…”