Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is upbeat ahead of the Premier League clash against Manchester United on Sunday after beating Wolves 2-0 on Wednesday.
The Reds secured three more Premier League points at Anfield as second-half goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah saw off the visitors.
“In the best possible way, but in the end it’s still a different game and a big challenge, of course. I think Man United is the team in form in the moment, maybe together with Arsenal and City are [also] doing well. The teams up there are all in a pretty good moment and I didn’t see yet the line-up [for United’s Emirates FA Cup game with West Ham United] but maybe they changed quite a few? That means some of them will be a bit fresher than us, but it’s a home game and it’s Anfield,” said Klopp.
“I thought Anfield proved a point tonight again, it was super, super-enjoyable. It felt like a proper unit, we were all together – I loved that. That’s what we need again on Sunday, but of course it will be difficult. Again, if you face United at the weekend whichever result you’ve had before, either way you have to strike back or whatever, but now we have to use it for our general situation. We have to build on the performance and on the result – and we try everything to do exactly that,” he added.
Klopp also heaped praise on Liverpool’s defense and Van Dijk in particular.
“Yeah, we all need that and he [Van Dijk] needs that as well and it’s obviously a really good one, in a tough game for defenders. I thought we performed tonight, we played a really good game in general. But I really think the centre-halves and Fabinho together, how they covered that area, how they denied the counter-attacks, how they defended into midfield, which is very important against a team who play with one striker, I thought they did really well,” he said.
“In possession, we looked pretty good in a lot of moments, with Harvey, Stefan in the half-spaces, that worked well. Up front, we grew into the game; it’s not a game where immediately you create plenty of chances but we grew into the game, all the boys were really involved in all the dangerous stuff, worked extremely hard defensively as well. That’s why you win a football game,” he added.