Jurgen Klopp has told Liverpool’s players to ‘stay angry’ after seeing off Bournemouth.
Goals from Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino saw the Reds build on reaching the Champions League semi-final with a comfortable home win.
The victory helped further safeguard the Anfield club’s primary aim of a top four finish as they remained third in the Premier League table.
And Klopp believes that Liverpool must maintain their current mentality in efforts to boost their prospects during the current season’s run-in.
He said: “We have to stay angry.
“We play Bournemouth, the rest was a few days ago and I said a few times our whole lives is Champions League qualification, to finish in the top four, so these games are all so important.
“The danger in this game was so clear to see. After an outstanding week when everyone has been saying how good you are into the semi-finals.
“Today it felt like a parade with people in their cars using the horn, wow! If you lose this game, people say ‘What happened?’
“The way they did it was really impressive to be honest, controlling over 70 minutes in a way that is exceptional actually.
“We scored one but had chance after chance with really good football against a side full of confidence, good footballers, quick on the counter attack, which makes your life really uncomfortable.
“The boys did fantastic. It was a brilliant game. Bournemouth are confident and usually play more football than they could today because our pressing was outstanding.
“We scored fantastic goals, although it took a bit too long for the second but we scored fantastic goals.
“The last 10-15 minutes was intense but it was the perfect manner to play this game.”