Gini Wijnaldum has revealed the secret behind Liverpool’s comeback success.
The Premier League leaders welcome Manchester City on Sunday in the knowledge that a win takes their advantage over the champions to nine points.
Jurgen Klopp’s side are unbeaten in their opening 11 league fixtures and have discovered a knack for scoring decisive late goals in their last four games.
Ahead of the Anfield showdown, Wijnaldum lifted the lid on what specifically the Reds have changed to steal a march on City in the early-season title race.
He said: “A couple of years ago we were struggling to win games like we win them now, but we grow and learned a lot during the years.
“I think it helped us, and I hope it continues until the end of the season.
“We just create that thing that we know we always can turn things around. We always have that feeling, to stay positive.
“That’s also because of the results we had until now, and the way we came back.
“Our mindset is different, which is quite good, because we keep doing the things we want to do in a game. Normally if you are 2-0 down, your body language is going to change
“But we still have that mindset that we can still turn it around. It’s because of the belief we have in each other, but also the results we have had.
“We have [turned games around] a lot of times. That gives confidence. If it just happened once, it’s not the same. But it happened over and over.
“We know we are a team that can always come back from difficult situations, but of course we don’t want to let it go that far!”
Although the European champions have developed a taste for smash-and-grab victories of late, Wijnaldum admits that it is still a physically draining experience.
“It’s hard, really hard,” he admitted.
“You have to go until the end, and you have to go even when you don’t physically see a positive outcome.
“Especially at the end of the games, you just keep going because you think you can. Your body is tired and so you battle with your body like ‘no, we have to go, we have to go on’.
“It’s really hard, but in the end you enjoy it more if you win that way than if it is easy.”