adminLONDON. – The Juergen Klopp effect began to really take hold on Saturday as Liverpool hammered mercurial Manchester City 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium to provide the Merseysiders’ new coach with his most striking Premier League win yet. Liverpool’s buoyant German boss hailed the emphatic win as feeling “perfect” before insisting that he felt there was a lot more improvement to come from his confident side.
Klopp’s men had defeated struggling champions Chelsea 3-1 last month but, an own goal from Eliaquim Mangala and two beautifully worked strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino, all in the first 32 minutes, put them on their way to an even more impressive triumph on the road.
City’s returning Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, a minute before half-time, produced a brilliant curling effort to threaten just briefly the possibility of a comeback win that would have taken them back to the top of the table.
Yet Liverpool, whose eye-catching Brazilian Firmino squandered a couple of other opportunities to seal the one-sided triumph, looked largely in control and completed the rout with a thunderous, if unlikely, 81st minute strike from Martin Skrtel.
It was a well-deserved win, full of zest and attractive football from the visitors which left Liverpool’s Adam Lallana enthusing: “We didn’t give them a second on the ball. Going forward we looked very dangerous, it was great fun!”- Reuters.
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