Jurgen Klopp Thrilled To See Liverpool's Backup Players Excelling

Jurgen Klopp had no doubt his backup players would pick up the slack against Everton.

Liverpool thumped the Toffees 5-2 on Wednesday night with goals from Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri, Sadio Mane and Giorginio Wijnaldum.

“I speak a lot about the quality of the squad so I have to show it from time to time, but then the boys have to show they can perform,” Klopp said after making five changes to his starting lineup.

“It was incredible – Divock’s goals, Sadio’s passes, Shaq’s linking play, everything, Adam Lallana was everywhere and we had so many really good moments.

“But of course a bit rusty in defending, they were really direct. [Everton] couldn’t defend us but offensively they caused us problems at times. All good at 4-1, the goal for 4-2 I didn’t like too much because the injury time is three minutes and we start playing an offensive pass. But we have to learn, have to improve and we will do.

“The squad didn’t become bigger tonight, we knew these boys were here, we knew they were fantastic footballers.

“This was the first game of the tough fixture list, we have to make changes and will make changes. I’m really pleased, really happy but I was not in doubt about it. Of course not for me really, but for the public, for the crowd, they feel much better about the squad.”

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