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Jurgen Klopp has no desire to be known as an “entertainer” despite Liverpool reaching a “really massive” goalscoring landmark in his reign.

The 3-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday saw the Reds reach 300 goals in 148 games since the German took over as boss in October 2015.

Liverpool have scored 121 times this season, with their total of 33 in progressing to the Champions League semi-final the highest total of any English club in the competition.

Klopp, though, believes such attacking potency doesn't entirely reflect his philosophy.

“It’s about winning football games,” he said. “It’s about creating moments and knowing to use them. That’s the thing.

“We scored a lot of goals before but nobody was really happy about not having clean sheets because it makes winning quite difficult. We had the set-piece issue, we had different issues already and step by step we sorted it a little bit better.

“All these things we sorted step by step, and the boys enjoy the game obviously. You could see that on Saturday.

“It’s such an intense time, and playing like this is great, it’s just great and scoring these goals is really good. 300 is really a massive number, to be honest.”

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While delighted with the manner in which his Liverpool team are playing, Klopp acknowledges the only currency that matters is silverware.

“I love watching that kind of football but I don’t want to be the entertainer or whatever and it is like, ‘Oh we had fun but we didn’t win anything',” said the Reds boss.

“I know the reason is we come here together to win things but I think the way you try to do it is important.

“What can you start first? You cannot be successful without playing good football, you cannot be the best side in the world, have the best players, and yeah you can play defensive football – that’s possible.

“But we are not one and not the other so we have to find a way for ourselves. That is what we do step by step.

“I really think that the last two Premier League games were a real step. Everton, unfortunately only 0-0, and Saturday was a big step. Everton wanted to be in a derby and we didn’t let them in because we had the ball.

“Bournemouth wanted to play counter-attacking football, you saw the line-up, five at the back, 5-4-1, and I don’t think they had one counter-attack in the first half.

“That is because our counter pressing was outstanding and getting the ball, passing until we are there. As long as we are fresh enough in mind, had enough oxygen, that was all really good.

“It's more and more mature – it’s obvious.”