Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp felt his side needed to paintings tough to overcome Leeds and reserved special praise for the performance of Sadio Mane.
The Reds went into the suit as strong favourites and ended up at the proper aspect of a 6-zero scoreline. Mohamed Salah bagged first-half of consequences while Joel Matip additionally got at the rating sheet within the first 45 mins. Leeds upped their game after the spoil and it took the hosts until the 80th minute to add a fourth while Mane notched his first.
The striker then doubled his tally on ninety minutes before Virgil van Dijk headed domestic in injury time. The gulf between the edges turned into huge.
Klopp turned into happy with how the sport played out but paid full admire to the opposition.
“In the stop it went quite easily. It become in reality hard work due to the fact they make it tough paintings,” he informed BT Sport. “It is difficult gambling in opposition to a man marking side, you experience strain where no pressure is.
“We had to be absolutely concentrated and we were and ultimately it's miles a notable night time.”
And the German hailed the cool nature of Salah’s brace of spot kicks.
“There might be a few humans out there who think consequences you must now not count number them however you need the proper person immediate to put them away and that is what Mo did,” he delivered.
Salah turned into incredible for the duration of the suit however his strike associate caught the supervisor’s eye.
“Sadio Mane’s game became in all likelihood certainly one of his first-rate inside the way he interpreted his position,” he endured. “Absolutely insane.
