“I’ve been critical of him at times. This is a sensational football player, and a striker of a ball you just don’t see.
“Man City have De Bruyne injured, who is world class in terms of delivery, striking of the ball and passing. Trent is the equal of him – and he’s a right-back! Not a traditional right back, but that’s where he plays.
“Just get that little bit more serious about your defending – but I thought his attitude towards his defending was very good today.
“All he has to be as a defender is sort of semi-competent, not the best in the world. But what he does have to be is not a liability, and there has been time over recent years where that has been a standout feature, where he has been too easy to beat or get at.
“He keeps going, his performances on the ball are out of this world.
“He’s playing central midfield for 50-60 per cent of the game, he’s going forward and scoring goals, and achieving numbers that right midfield or right wingers don’t achieve.
“I think he’s got the material to be the very best right-back of all time, but he just needs to be a little bit more serious about his defending.”
What happened with Nunez and Guardiola?
There appeared to be a brief altercation between Pep Guardiola and the Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez following the final whistle, with Klopp dragging his player away while Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders restrained Guardiola.
Both coaches were keen to downplay the incident afterwards.
“He is just stronger than me,” said Guardiola. “Nothing happened. It is not frustration. I am really pleased. The second question in the press conference?”
Klopp drew a laugh in his own press conference when asked what happened, saying: “I am not sure I am the one who should explain it because I was absolutely not involved. Surprisingly.”
He added: “I love them both so I tried to calm the situation down without knowing 100 per cent what happened because I did not understand a word. I really think it is nothing that has not already been sorted. It is emotion. Pep wants to win. We want to win.
“We both did not win so nobody is really happy.”
