Andy Robertson has revealed how Jurgen Klopp’s ‘smiley’ persona helped end Liverpool’s blip.
The Premier League leaders returned to winning ways with a 3-0 demolition of Bournemouth after successive draws with Leicester City and West Ham.
Klopp’s players could see their current lead at the summit consolidated should Manchester City fail to beat Chelsea in their clash on Sunday afternoon.
But accusations of the Reds crumbling under the pressure of the title race surfaced as Pep Guardiola’s side overtook them on goal difference in midweek.
Robertson, however, insists that Klopp’s disposition did not sour in the wake of dropping points before the Cherries’ visit.
“[He has] probably been more ‘smiley’. He is just trying to get us going and it’s obviously worked.,” said the defender.
“In terms of the players we’ve not seen any difference in any of the staff and that feeds into the players, and we’ve not changed.
“Whether we draw, win or lose, it doesn’t change. We just want to get to the next game whatever the result is and that is no different after today.
“He has been calm and the backroom staff have been a different class. They are the team behind the team and they are the ones who keep us going and positive.
“When people say he is nervous or we are nervous, it couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s a relaxed training ground and it is all about winning games.
“The only thing we get annoyed about – not nervous about – is that we want to win every game and if we have a bad result we use that to put in a positive performance the next game and that’s what we’ve done.
“Since Monday we’ve studied this game. We wanted to have a clean sheet and we wanted to get some goals back in and it could have been a lot more (than 3-0).
“But today it was all about getting the three points and now we wait 10 days for the next game but we’ll wait for that.”