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Ragnar Klavan reflected on his “crazy” Liverpool debut against Arsenal and insisted: “We know we need to improve.”

The experienced Estonian centre-back relished his first experience of the Premier League in Sunday’s 4-3 victory at the Emirates.

Jurgen Klopp ’s side recovered from a dismal start to race into a 4-1 lead in the capital before the Gunners rallied to set up a thrilling finale.

Klavan played his part with an accomplished competitive bow for his new club but the £4.2million summer signing from Augsburg says there’s no danger of the Reds getting carried away.

“It was a crazy game,” Klavan told the ECHO.

“This is one of the best leagues in the world and when your first game is against Arsenal you know it’s going to be at a really high level. It was a good for me to see what the Premier League is like.

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“For the spectators, it was an amazing game to watch but there were good moments and bad moments for us.

“Winning was special but as a centre-half, when your team concedes three goals it’s never too great a day. You can’t be too happy.

“We have to look into that and we wil work on things in training for sure. There’s a lot of room for improvements.”

Klavan revealed how Liverpool delivered exactly what was asked of them during that blistering start to the second half when they blew Arsenal away.

At half-time Klopp had demanded an injection of tempo and energy after the Reds had been second best for most of the opening 45 minutes.

“It was our first game and maybe there was a bit too much excitement early on,” Klavan said.

“Arsenal started better. They had good pressing and for us the first 15 to 20 minutes were hard. After that we slowly came into the game.

“Luckily, (Philippe) Coutinho brought us back into the game and that was a good moment for us just before half-time. Philippe is brilliant, not only as a football player but also as a person.

“In the second half when we came out of the locker room we got straight down to business. We had talked in the locker room about the need to start the second half fast and take the game to Arsenal.

“We pressed higher, we were more active and it worked. At 4-1, if we could have kept it like that for longer then it would have been an easier game for us.

“But then they scored twice and it was a real game again. For us in the end it was a little bit nervous but we managed to stop them scoring that fourth goal and it’s a great start for us.”

The 30-year-old defender got the nod ahead of fellow Liverpool new boy Joel Matip to line up alongside Dejan Lovren against Arsenal after impressing in pre-season.

Klavan is hoping he’s done enough to keep his place for Saturday’s trip to Burnley but is relaxed about the competition for places in the back four.

“I enjoyed it but I have no idea whether I’ll continue to start,” he added.

“For me it’s more important how the team does. If the manager decides that it’s better if someone else plays then that’s okay.

“That will just mean I have to work harder to come back. This way is good. The best guys always play to help the team.”