The most polished performance – and perhaps only one where they have not started poorly – this season was at home to Aston Villa, and Klopp added: ‘Aston Villa was a really, really, really good game, but then two weeks later (against Wolves) we played a really, really bad first half.
‘Nobody wants to see that but it’s part of the deal. When you want to change things you can’t expect everything to click from the first moment. If you expect that, you’re never happy with the steps you make. That’s important for development.
‘This was the new Liverpool, Liverpool 2.0! But this was only one glimpse of what we can be, we don’t know where we can end up. It was a really good sign we are at the moment going into the right direction and that’s really important.
‘The things we’ve been through already this season is pretty much what we’d go through in a full season, 38 games. Red cards, turning games – it’s not what you plan or want but we did it. It shows the boys are together in a manner we probably didn’t expect this early.’
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The Reds host West Ham on Sunday and Klopp likes what he sees from David Moyes’ team, who have also gone through a rebuild this summer. The Hammers have won three of five games this term – only losing to champions Manchester City.
And Klopp added: ‘Even with Declan Rice out, they look really good – James Ward-Prowse is a super signing, Lucas Paqueta is a super player. They look solid. The league is extremely strong which is good for the people but it means we have to be the best version of ourselves.’
The manager also was asked about young defender Jarell Quansah, who made his first Liverpool start at Wolves last weekend. The 20-year-old spent time on loan at Bristol Rovers last term but is now a fully-fledged first-team member at Anfield after an impressive pre-season.
‘He’s in the right moment, right club,’ said Klopp. ‘He’s our boy, a fantastic boy. He played a super pre-season with us. And he deserved to start at Wolves. Some people may say it was a brave decision but I did not feel that. Ibou was ready-ish. Jarell was there and did really well.’
