Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp, has expressed his delight after their 1-0 win over West Ham on Wednesday.
Darwin Nunez scored the only goal of the game in the first half, as the Reds claimed back-to-back wins in the Premier League.
Klopp, speaking to BBC Match of the Day, said: “I am delighted. A lot of the parts were really good. As long as we played football we were outstanding and caused West Ham a lot of problems but the only problem was we didn’t play this football for the whole 95 minutes and we opened it up for West Ham.
“They increased the risk by bringing on Michail Antonio and other players and they were a real threat with the long balls, all of a sudden we had to defend. We knew that, I don’t stand here thinking it should be an easy game for us, but we got the result and I think we deserved the result. In the end it wasn’t that luck has always been on our side but maybe today we had it, or Ali, however you want to look at it. It is three points more, massive.
“It was an outstanding penalty save. It was a really well-taken penalty, right in the corner, and I had no idea how Ali did that. We were a little concerned he wasn’t on the line to be honest with you, now a days you never know if you can celebrate a penalty save or not but he did that right.
“It was very important in that moment just before half time. We were really good in the first 35 minutes and played everywhere where West Ham couldn’t defend us. We scored a wonderful goal and with a bit more Darwin [Nunez] could have had a hat-trick.