Adam Lallana is interviewed in Bring the Noise on the arrival of Jurgen Klopp at the club and gives his insight into why the team perform so well in major games but struggle against less-fashionable clubs, with Klopp's assistant, Peter Krawietz, offering his assessment.

Lallana blames Liverpool's troubles in nominally easier games on the subconscious belief that 80 or 90 per cent of effort will suffice.

'It's a mentality thing. When your mentality is right, your tactical play is going to be better. The manager knows that, and it's not something that you can change overnight. But he is emphasising that we need to get that right. As soon as we get it right for those games, I feel we can go on and achieve something really special.'

Jurgen Klopp is described as 'genuine' by Adam Lallana, who also praised his straight talking

'If Adam says that, we're one step closer to illumination,' Peter Krawietz (assistant coach) notes contentedly when the midfielder's thoughts are put to him.

'I think it's only human to think (about smaller games) that way. Even for journalists, I guess. You go to Aston Villa v Burnley, you think, 'okay, let's check it out'. But for Chelsea v Spurs, your pencil is sharpened. Nevertheless, it must be forbidden to think that way as a player. We fight against that. We reiterate that the same number of points is at stake, regardless of the opposition.

'What we want is a consistently high energy. Having the ball and dominating the rhythm of the game comes with a certain level of intensity. That's just how it is.'

The Liverpool boss is praised for his undeniable passion for the game and his team

Lallana also reveals that Klopp often wants to revert to his native German.

'A lot of the time, mainly when he's angry, Klopp says: "I f****** wish I could speak German to you,"' Lallana laughs. 'His English is tremendous, actually. I understand whatever he needs and wants to say. But it does frustrate him at times… He can give you a bollocking, he can really praise you. The hugs, they are really genuine as well.

'He will tell you when he is happy with you. He will tell you when he is not happy with you. He is just genuine, straight‑​up.

'He can't hide his emotions, can he? If he wants to say something he will end up saying it. He says he can be your friend, but not your best friend, because he has to have those difficult conversations with you at times. He would sometimes get frustrated, telling us that we don't believe how good we are.'

Lallana also reveals his desire to revert back to his native German tongue when he's angry

And Lallana also reveals that last season, despite the December defeat by Bournemouth, Klopp insisted that they fly to Barcelona for their Christmas party…

A late blunder from Loris Karius in the 4‑3 defeat at Bournemouth in early December put an end to Liverpool's unbeaten run and led to the young German getting dropped for Simon Mignolet for the remainder of the term.

The timing of the awful result – the Reds had been 3‑1 up with fifteen minutes to go – couldn't have been much worse, either: the team were scheduled to fly to Spain for a Christmas party.

Lallana revealed a loss at Bournemouth did not ruin Klopp's Christmas party plans

Klopp was unperturbed, however. 'When we landed in Barcelona, music came on in the plane and he got on the microphone,' Lallana recalls with a huge smile. 'He was like: 'Listen, lads. If we can party when we win, we can party when we f****** lose.'

So everyone got off the plane thinking: 'You are right, it is the time to party. Let's party. Let's have a drink.' Which just shows: there is more to life than football. Yeah, we did our best; we lost. And yeah, it feels s*** to lose, but there is more to that. The older you get, I think the more it hurts, but the quicker you get over it.'

Klopp: Bring the Noise by Raphael Honigstein is published by Yellow Jersey Press on Thursday, priced £12.99. Offer price £10.39 (20% discount) until Nov 24. Order at mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640, p&p is free on orders over £15.