As Liverpool’s sizeable support in the Allianz Arena traipsed away dreaming of the possibilities Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah might bring this season, Jürgen Klopp was in a more pensive mood.

The impressive victory over Audi Cup hosts Bayern Munich appeared to lay down a marker for the blistering, counterattacking football that will become Liverpool’s trademark, yet Klopp preferred to focus on the elements his players had not done well rather than those they executed with precision. The taskmaster is demanding more.

“We won 3-0 but I don’t like running around saying, ‘How good was this?’ because it wasn’t,” said the Liverpool manager. “In a few parts, of course, it was good. In a few other parts everyone saw that Bayern had the ball too