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Philippe Coutinho delivered a ringing endorsement of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool reign despite a devastating week which he admitted was “very hard” to take.

The 24-year-old Brazilian insisted his manager will “take this team to titles” despite seven days featuring three damaging home defeats.

The Reds lost ground in the Premier League and found themselves dumped out of both domestic Cup competitions but Coutinho insisted there was total belief in the dressing room.

He said: “Yes, it was hugely disappointing, and we have to lift ourselves for Chelsea, that is very important. We have all left from there in the dressing room feeling so disappointed because we lost again, it was very hard.

“We have another opportunity straight away to bounce back, and it is a good opportunity, a big game against Chelsea. That is it. We have a few days to prepare everything, and to go again and that is what we must do now.”

The 24-year-old Brazilian came off the bench at half-time on Saturday into a central midfield role but despite second half improvement could not stop the Reds crashing out of the FA Cup to Wolves at the fourth round stage.

It was the end of a week from hell with Coutinho’s signing of a new five-year contract on wednesday a rare bright spot for Reds’ fans.

The £150,000-a-week deal makes the Brazilian Liverpool’s highest paid player and keeps him at Anfield until 2022.

Coutinho said his decision to commit his future to the club was a sign of the good times ahead under Klopp.

“I signed a new contract and there was a message. I am happy to sign, and I would like to say it is not about one week, no matter how bad that is, it is about the future with this squad.

“You know the club is very ambitious, the players and the manager all are focused. Everyone believes in that, and everyone wants to bounce back at this moment.

“Yes it has been a bad week, but we are looking beyond that. Of course we believe we can win titles under this manager – we are confident that will happen.

“Like I said before I have signed because the manager is a winner, and everyone believes in him.

“I believe in what he does, and everyone inside the dressing room believes he will take this team to titles – that is why I signed a new contract, and that is what we want to do.”