'That performance was everything we've been missing'

Liverpool put on an utterly dominant display against Galatasaray.

We know in one-off games that Liverpool can produce something special. We’ve seen it against Real Madrid in the early stages of the Champions League, but we haven’t seen enough of it. That performance was everything we’ve been missing.

It had aggression, it had intensity, it had tempo, it had clinical finishing – even though the game could have finished 7-0 instead of 4-0 – but it just had aggression, and it felt like they had a point to prove.

Liverpool used Anfield. They used the fans and the crowd to make sure we were influencing that game of football – and we seriously did influence that game of football. Galatasaray were absolutely petrified. They were petrified of us on the pitch, but they were petrified with the atmosphere around the ground.

None of their players wanted the ball. None of them wanted to play. And Liverpool really used that. They made them vulnerable, they attacked them, they went for them.

Their goalkeeper saved them from embarrassment, and it leaves me thinking: if only we could see this performance a little bit more often and if only we could bring this intensity into every game of football.

We will certainly need to bring both the press and the intensity and the aggression into the next round against PSG because that will be a really tough game. That will be a step up.

But there are signs there that Liverpool can do this. Liverpool can take games out of the opponent’s hands. We just need to see it more often.

We were absolutely superior all over the pitch, in every aspect, and Liverpool need to keep that going. They need to keep the intensity and aggression and tempo there. They need to keep the fans influencing games and getting up on their feet. That is how Liverpool will get success out of the rest of the season.

What that success is, I’m not sure, but they certainly need to do that.

Dominik Szoboszlai – what an absolutely obscene footballer he is. He’s just a joy to watch. He’s everywhere, he does all the hard grafting and he’s absolutely spectacular on the ball as well.

A fabulous night, especially with Mo Salah getting to 50 Champions League goals as well. He’s another superstar who we’ve been so lucky to watch.

It was a performance that gave me a lot of enjoyment – and a little bit of hope that we can do something similar against PSG.

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