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Liverpool FC boss Jurgen Klopp believes striker Divock Origi will continue to improve - after he told the young Belgian he “didn’t have to change the world in one day”.

Origi struggled for form and fitness at Liverpool after arriving from Lille in the summer, but has improved in recent weeks, scoring in less that 30 seconds after replacing Daniel Sturridge in the 6-0 thrashing of Aston Villa, and leading the line in the win over Manchester City at Anfield.

Klopp says that the 20-year-old was simply trying too hard to impress early on in his Anfield career.

He said: “The good thing with a player like Divock is that you can improve on every part of his game - that’s cool.

“But of course he’s a big talent and everybody knows him for three or four years, so he started really early.

“When we came here, he was injured before and tried to come into the team, into a new club.

“After a few very successful years it [was] then a little bit [of a] difficult year, so he didn’t play the most self-confident football in the world.

“He started dribbling a bit too much and things like this and in one situation wanted to show all the skills he has, that was not too clever. But I saw this a lot of times, especially with young players, so I talked to him, gave him a little bit of rest and [told him to] cool down.

“You don’t have to change the world in one day, really, [I told him], this is what you have to improve.”

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Klopp says that Origi used his time recovering from injury to bulk up in order to get to grips with life in the Premier League.

“Everybody saw before his last injury, he made really big steps, really great,” Klopp added.

“He used the time to [build] a little bit more muscle, which is important, especially as a striker in England, because they are all very, very physical and strong centre-halves.

“In my opinion, in this moment he plays really cool. He’s a very hard worker for the team but with the ball he’s really cool, he’s smart enough to go behind the line and use his speed and he’s technically good enough to play with us and be an option. So it’s a really good situation.”

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Meanwhile. Klopp has tipped Origi’s countryman, Christian Benteke, to force his way back into the team, saying he was pleased with the £32m man’s cameo against City on Wednesday.

He said: “If you saw him now in the last game, he came in and it was completely different to the games he had before.

“The problem is at a club like Liverpool, with the strikers we have - Sturridge, Benteke, Origi, Ings injured but here, and Firmino, who we thought it would be a good idea to let him play as a striker too - you have not too much time to show what you are able to do. You need to use the time you’ve got.

“Christian was not in the best moment in this situation and Sturridge came back and Divock came back and so now they are a little bit ahead in this moment.

“But when I saw Christian coming into the last game, that was really good. He played really well and [did] what he showed in training before, so he’s in a good way too. Everything is OK.”