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Jurgen Klopp has backed Newcastle United to flourish in the Premier League this season - and has labelled Joelinton as a "really good signing".

The German boss went above and beyond the usual compliments that are dished out to visiting teams.

And while the 3-1 defeat at Anfield has been deemed as more of the same for Newcastle against Liverpool - after 25 years without a win in front of the Kop - the ex-Borussia Dortmund gaffer was still a little bit flustered by the way his team struggled to cope with Newcastle in the opening exchanges.

Klopp poured praise on £40million man Joelinton in both his Press conference and interviews on TV and does not see a negative campaign ahead for Steve Bruce.

Joelinton, who won eight aerial balls, had 39 touches and made 28 passes, was a constant thorn in the Liverpool defence's side - according to Klopp.

Klopp offered an impromptu analysis of Newcastle's team after the game and it makes for interesting reading.

The legendary boss said: "Joelinton did outstanding.

"He is 100% made for the Premier League.

"If you had to replace Rondon, which is already difficult, then that was a good choice.

"He was a really good signing.

"If you lose Ayoze Perez and Rondon, and you are playing with Joelinton, Atsu and when he is not injured Saint-Maximin, if they want to play that way, they have the people for it.

"It is really interesting.

"They had to replace Sean Longstaff and Jonjo Shelvey came on, they also have Ki on the bench.

"So they have options.

"It will be tricky for everybody to play against them."

Klopp tried to explain how his Liverpool side struggled to break down Newcastle in the early stages.

He went on: "We played the tempo they wanted us to play, and it doesn't make sense (for Liverpool).

"The 5-4-1 system is made for struggle.

"You can't set the rhythm or tempo, and we didn't in the first 25 minutes.

"They scored a wonderful goal and it was exactly the plan they had.

"They've done that in other games.

"The way they do it is good, they get balls in behind.

"Joelinton is so demanding.

"There are one on one situations and the two wingers are so quick.

"It's really smart, and even the wing-back Willems was involved by scoring a sensational goal.

"It took us 25 minutes to find our feet and set the tempo and our equaliser changed everything."

When asked if the seventh minute goal from Jetro Willems had woken his side up, Klopp, speaking to Match of the Day, said: "That would have been good but I didn't see it.

"We needed another 18 minutes.

"It shouldn't make you nervous but we didn't accelerate enough."

Even at 3-1 up, Klopp said he was unable to relax, he said: "In the second half we played wonderful football but STILL Newcastle stayed in the game.

"At 3-1 they didn't change their plan.

"At 3-1 the game wasn't decided with 15 minutes to go.

"If they'd scored one, then it would be really tricky."