Jürgen Klopp ‘loved’ the application and hunger Liverpool displayed in Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.


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The Reds made it six points from six in the 2020-21 Premier League after a second-half double from Sadio Mane saw them overcome their London opposition, who had Andreas Christensen sent off prior to half-time.

New recruit Thiago Alcantara made his debut in the win when he replaced Jordan Henderson following the interval, before Alisson Becker saved a penalty from Jorginho in the 75th minute.

Read on for a summary of the boss’ post-match press conference…

On the win and whether Thiago’s 75 passes is a sign of things to come…

Against 10 men, probably. We know that, so it was a different game in the second half obviously. But I liked the whole first half already. I liked the way we tried to find solutions, I liked the way we took a difficult game. It was already good and I was ready for a very positive half-time talk with a few pictures of where we could’ve done differently. We had to move quicker, pass quicker, pass easier and stuff like this. Then, the red card happened and that obviously changed the game. We came in and Hendo said that he probably got a knock but wants to carry on. I said, ‘No, we don’t take any risks.’ Then we had to make the decision and decided for Thiago because, even without training against 10 men, he’s then pretty much the perfect player on that position, I would say. Everything he did today was completely natural. It was not all perfect but it was natural, so the passes he tries to play are natural. That’s good, really good, nice. Clean sheet, Ali saves a penalty, Thiago debut. If Hendo has absolutely nothing, it’s the perfect day.