Jurgen Klopp revealed the message of the half-time given to his players from Liverpool, which helped inspire victory in the derby.
The Reds overcame a disappointing performance in the first half to win a 2-0 Premier League triumph over Everton at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool have already shown signs of improvement before the introduction of Luis Diaz and Divok Origi from the bench to turn the game around.
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And after Andy Robertson and Origi found the target, Klopp explained how the Reds ‘coaching staff had shown their way through the Blues’ massive ranks.
“There is an area where we scored goals that are behind the back line and I don’t think we showed up there at all in the first half, to be honest,” said the Reds boss.
“We played around the formation. It’s really hard. We had something like 87% possession in the first half, but it was really difficult because of the threat of a counterattack they have. If they (Everton) have one thing, it’s real speed ahead and Anthony Gordon is obviously real talent and really fast and we had our problems there.
“So we showed a situation and stopped it eight times and what we could have done differently in specific moments, accelerations, playing at half intervals, standing behind the line, even chopping balls behind the line because we played around and then in the center , and in the center they had more legs than us.
“Against a deep formation you can have too many players behind the ball. We have many feeders, but not many receivers. The receivers really only move when they see they can take the ball, but you need those moves without making the ball destroy the formation a bit, and we didn’t do that often enough in the first half. “
Liverpool went from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 with the arrival of Diaz and Origi, and Klopp added: “We have improved and we thought that with the changes we have made, we can give them another task to deal with , as we have a second striker in the center. We really didn’t need another growing player.
“But if Div and Mo don’t see the situation, pass the ball, follow the situation, kill it to the second pillar and Robo probably appeared on the second pillar for the first time in the game and scored, we are probably sitting here talking about 0-0.
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