Having swept aside West Ham last weekend, Jurgen Klopp's side needed to dig deep to see off Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park
For Liverpool, only two words were needed.
Job done.
Their flying start to the new Premier League campaign goes on. Played two, won two, scored six, conceded none.
Job done. "Pretty cool," as Jurgen Klopp would say.
Klopp knew that this game, under the lights and in front of one of the Premier League’s noisiest home crowds, would tell him more about his side than last week’s Sunday stroll against West Ham at Anfield.