Sunday 10 April 2016 19:33, UK
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp hailed his side's 'outstanding' performance against Stoke following their 4-1 win at Anfield on Sunday.
Goals from Alberto Moreno, Daniel Sturridge and two from Divock Origi secured Liverpool's victory after Klopp had made seven changes from the side that played Borussia Dortmund on Thursday night in the Europa League.
"I'm really proud of the lads because it's really difficult when a manager makes a few changes and you have no time to train together, have no rhythm and then you play like this. It was really outstanding," Klopp told Sky Sports.
However, Klopp was unhappy with Bojan Krkic's goal which levelled the game for Stoke in the first half, believing that Martin Skrtel was fouled in the build-up, but was otherwise delighted with the nature of his side's victory.
"We watched the goal at half-time, I think it's a foul on Martin Skrtel," said Klopp. "It's not a block it was more and in the end Bojan is completely free.
"But things like this can happen, especially with the wind in the first half. You saw what Stoke did, they tried to use the wind with a lot of long balls to Peter Crouch but we did well and [scored] beautiful goals to be honest.
"It was really good, everything was perfect today."
Klopp also reserved special praise for striker Sturridge, who was dropped to the bench in midweek but returned to the starting line-up with a goal against the Potters.
"Daniel was brilliant," said Klopp. "[It was a] brilliant performance and he worked really hard [and scored a] wonderful goal."
