Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho says he has Jurgen Klopp to thank for taking his game to the next level.

The Brazil international, whose future at Anfield is uncertain amid continued interest from Barcelona, celebrated his first hat-trick for the Reds in last week’s Champions League rout of Spartak Moscow.

Coutinho believes he has benefited from Klopp’s decision to move him from playing on the left of a front three to a deeper central role where he’s able to influence proceedings to a greater degree.

“He’s helped me a lot. I think the way he’s helped me to play when we don’t have the ball when the team is under pressure is really different,” he said.

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“We’ve changed how we play. We’ve tried to switch to a different style and I think that bit by bit I’m getting better with that and hopefully that can continue.

“I’m now in a deeper position and I’m always trying to improve and be able to score goals and set off moves because my position demands it. I think playing there is a position where you get to play the ball a great deal.

“You become more involved in the game. It’s a position that I feel that I’ve adapted to and I like it.”

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Coutinho, who has nine goals under his belt already this season, is relishing providing service to flying wingers Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

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“Sadio and Mo are both great players. They are both very quick and they give us options down the sides. They are players with great intelligence,” Coutinho told Liverpool’s official matchday programme.

“They play in a quite advanced position and the line that they play always creates those spaces for us with their movement. They are very important players for the team.”