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JORDAN HENDERSON believes Liverpool’s demolition of Newcastle United proves they can cope in the absence of Luis Suarez.

The midfielder admitted it had been a "chaotic" week for Brendan Rodgers’ squad with their top scorer banned for 10 games, but Henderson helped ensure they put that behind them as he struck twice in the Reds’ 6-0 victory at St James’ Park .

"It was important that we finished the week on a high," Henderson said.

"It was a bit chaotic during the week with the whole situation going on. But the players handled it brilliantly and we put on a great performance. We were at them straight from the off and we scored some good goals so we are over the moon.

"We’ve got a lot of good players here and now we just want to keep winning and hopefully finish the season on a high."

Henderson netted the Reds’ second and then completed the rout when his curling free-kick evaded everyone and nestled in the corner. That took his tally for the season to six goals but the 22-year-old was keen to deflect the praise to two-goal Daniel Sturridge.

"I still feel I can improve in some areas but I’m enjoying my football at the moment," he said.

"I’ve just got to keep working hard and just keep doing what I’m doing and help the team do well.

"It’s always nice to score goals and to score at St James’ makes it that little bit sweeter. Hopefully I can carry on doing that now.

"It was a brilliant pass from Daniel to find me for my first goal. When you are through one-on-one you might think you will shoot yourself but he saw I was in a better position and he gave me the tap in.

"It was nice to repay him with a similar situation in the second half when Daniel scored.

"Daniel is a top player. I played with him before he signed for us with England Under-21s quite a few times so I know what he’s all about.

"He’s got great movement, he’s got great technical ability and he’s been brilliant since he came here."

Henderson was also delighted to see Fabio Borini come off the bench to score on his return from a shoulder injury.

"Fabio has been out for a few months now and he has done really well to get back as quickly as he has so it was nice to see him get a goal," he added.