Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has heaped reward on Diogo Jota after the forward bagged two dreams in opposition to Southampton.
The Reds ran out four-zero winners at Anfield, as Jota become joined by way of Thiago Alcantara and Virgil van Dijk on the scoresheet. The result puts them on 28 points from thirteen video games, and simply one in the back of league leaders Chelsea.
Thomas Tuchel’s facet have the danger to move 4 factors beforehand when they host Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Jota opened the scoring against Saints within just mins. Sadio Mane and Andy Robertson related up down the left, earlier than Mane placed a ball into the box. Jota slid in to make it seven goals for the campaign.
His eighth came 20 minutes later, while he tapped into an open internet after being set up via the in-shape Mo Salah.
Thiago, who scored a brilliant goal in opposition to Porto in midweek, then endured his good shape with the aid of placing Liverpool three-0 up. His left-footed pressure took a big deflection on its manner past Alex McCarthy.
Van Dijk popped up with an extraordinary intention after the destroy. He linked with a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner after you have a backyard far from Oriol Romeu within the field. McCarthy got touch on the volley however couldn’t hold it out.
In his publish-healthy interview, Klopp said (thru The Guardian): “In the early degrees we have been greatly surprised due to the fact we couldn’t play the football we wanted to play. All of a sudden you lose your rhythm and that's what passed off to us final season.
“This yr we had a pre-season which changed into a right pre-season, which was highly useful. We could paintings on a lot things and located the stability back. Talking approximately the steadiness, I was no longer glad with the possibilities we conceded these days, to be sincere.
“I don't have any problem if Alisson has to make saves in a game but those saves had been astonishing, one-on-one with the goalkeeper twice shouldn’t occur in a sport too regularly. We must paintings on that to be as strong, as critical, ruthless defensively as one way or the other viable in order that gives us the platform to play football after which we can rating. It gained’t be all the time we rating two dreams a game but I’m happy for now.”
