Jurgen Klopp claims losing Philippe Coutinho has made a Liverpool less predictable side.
Since Coutinho joined Barcelona in January, the Reds have maintained their push for a top four finish and sealed a place in the Champions League’s last eight.
It had been feared that Klopp’s team would have struggled without the playmaker’s influence following his £142 million switch to the Nou Camp.
But the Liverpool manager feels that his players are showing little signs of missing Coutinho in the two months since his departure from Anfield.
He said: “On a good day it makes you more unpredictable if you don’t have this dominant player but on another day you miss a player like that.
“Phil Coutinho was a very dominant player in our game and when we were not at our best it was always a good idea to give him the ball, maybe he has an idea.
“But it was always clear when Phil didn’t play we had to do the job differently, to put responsibility on different shoulders and spread it between the players.
“You can never be sure it will work but now it is a few weeks ago and I am really happy with the reaction of the boys, they stepped up.
“Of course we were fighting for Phil, we wanted to keep him here and in the end he decided differently. I am happy it has worked so far pretty well.
“But it feels like it is already a few months ago. I am happy it has worked quite well but I am only interested in how it will work tomorrow and not in the last few weeks.”