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Liverpool failed to pile on 10-man Newcastle to the dissatisfaction of Jurgen Klopp.
Jurgen Klopp was happy about his team's win over Newcastle, but he believes they should have scored more, especially as the Magpies were hit with a numerical disadvantage.
The 2-0 win over Eddie Howe's men at St. James' Park helped the Reds climb up to 8th and put them only six points off the top four.
Liverpool string wins together
Darwin Nunez fired Liverpool ahead in the 10th minute of the game before Cody Gakpo doubled the advantage in the 17th minute. It went from bad to worse for the Magpies as Nick Pope was sent off, but Liverpool did not manage to capitalise and increase their advantage.
The victory came off the back of a Merseyside derby, helping Liverpool to consecutive league victories for the first time since December. The Reds' charismatic manager was happy about the win and the clean sheet they kept, but he was unsatisfied with the scoreline, believing his team should have punished 10-man Newcastle by scoring more goals.
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"Against 10 men for that long time you could, of course, create more and score more but we lost in that moment a little bit of momentum and didn't get it 100% back and left the door open for Newcastle,” Klopp told the BBC.
"In the end, with our situation, someone told me the last time we had a clean sheet away from home it was in April, so I'm happy.
"The goals we scored were perfect against 11. We played really well, but then against 10 we lost for a moment the grip and couldn't get it back. But we still had our moments where we should have scored more in the second half.
"After you score a third one it's definitely over. We didn't so we had to fight until the end. And we needed the long leg of James Milner who was outstanding again.
"We are a step further forward.
"Both goals were outstanding. The pass from Trent [Alexander-Arnold] for Darwin [Nunez] and from Mo [Salah] to Cody [Gakpo] [was] top class. A bit more of that would have been really great, but for today it's absolutely fine.
Klopp on Liverpool being back to their best
Liverpool were offensively dominant against Newcastle who are currently the best defence in the league, it led to Jurgen Klopp being asked if he thought Liverpool were back to their best.
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The German manager acknowledged that they have not played this well in a while, but he cautions that it is too early to determine that.
"It's too early to say we are there again. But of course, we will keep fighting and we will see."
Klopp further spoke about their next game which is against Real Madrid. The 55-year-old manager admitted the difficulty of the tie but says he looks forward to it.
"We will see, we face one of the best teams in the world on Tuesday so it's difficult. But it's at Anfield so let's go.
Liverpool would face Real Madrid on Tuesday for the first leg of the Champions League, before travelling to Madrid for the second leg in three weeks' time.
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