Jürgen Klopp took great satisfaction from Liverpool's performance as they progressed to the Carabao Cup fourth round by beating Lincoln City 7-2.
The Reds were comprehensive winners at the LNER Stadium, with Xherdan Shaqiri’s stunning free-kick followed by Takumi Minamino and Curtis Jones doubles, plus late goals from Marko Grujic and Divock Origi.
Klopp’s side thereby set up a meeting with Arsenal in round four – to be played at Anfield next week – on a night when Diogo Jota, Kostas Tsimikas and Rhys Williams also made their debuts.
Read the manager’s post-match assessment at his press conference below…
On the performances of the players who ‘don’t usually play’ and took their opportunity to impress…
Everybody used the opportunity tonight to show up, that’s very important.