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- Updated: September 24, 2016
Jurgen Klopp hailed a brilliant first-half performance as Liverpool’s dismantled 10-man Hull City 5-1 at Anfield.
The Merseysiders claimed a fourth-consecutive win under Klopp for only the third time as goals from Adam Lallana, Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho added to a brace of James Milner penalties while the visitors, who had Ahmed Elmohamady sent off for deliberate handball, were put to the sword.
“It was a brilliant performance, especially in the first half where we played the football we had to against Hull,” Klopp told Sky Sports.
“We saw in the first few minutes that they started well with their counter-attacks, which was quite impressive. They had quality and were a real footballing side.
“We had to play the game like we did, really patient, never lost direction, were always greedy …