Who do Liverpool need to sign to retain the title? Keep up with all the Reds news with our free daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Jamie Carragher was full of praise for former club Liverpool after their display against Manchester City this weekend.

Jurgen Klopp's side turned in their best performance of the season so far to put their hosts to the sword, scoring three first-half goals en route to a 4-1 success.

There were star turns from Brazilians Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino, both of whom had a hand in the first three goals, plus a fine fourth from defender Martin Skrtel.

The result lifted the Reds to ninth in the Premier League and drew a rave review from Carragher.

"The first 30 or 35 minutes was as good as anything I can remember," the ex-England defender said on Sky's Monday Night Football.

LANG:

(Image: Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine)

"Not from Klopp or any Liverpool team, but in the Premier League - at least when going away to a big team like Man City who are one of the top sides.

"For Liverpool supporters in their forties or fifties, the run they went on for the first goal was like Ian Rush running onto the end of a Kenny Dalglish pass - a straight pass to a diagonal run. That is what you saw all day.

"It was like the Red Arrows watching Liverpool, they were just running through people all the time. They could've scored another two or three goals just from this sort of tactic.

"The front three of Coutinho, Firmino and Adam Lallana were scintillating and they played very narrow. The two reasons for that, I think, was to stop Man City - when they were in possession - from playing balls into midfield and force them wide.

"But also when they're that narrow, they can make penetrating runs from there because City centre-backs like to step out to the ball, be aggressive and when they're on the edge of the box, they always hold that line."

Carragher feels that the work being done on the training ground by Klopp is beginning to pay off at Anfield, even if results have remained a touch inconsistent since the German's arrival.

READ MORE:Klopp's US TV interview after the game

(Image: Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine) (Image: Reuters / Phil Noble)

"You could see the work that had been done during the week," Carragher added.

"There was talk about why [Christian] Benteke wasn't playing and Klopp said, 'Well I've been using the same players for the last 10 days in training' and you can see how that's worked.

"We've spoken about the work of Klopp in terms of being organised and pressing. I think that was the first time we've seen the work of him offensively, what he can do and maybe the damage he can cause with his teams, and that's from working with those players for 10 days during the international break."