The first half's performance was dismal, in line with much of the season thus far, but Roberto Firmino's header offset Scott Arfield's goal to tie the game at the interval. After the break, though, Liverpool played considerably better as they scored six goals. These goals came from Firmino twice, Darwin Nunez once, Harvey Elliott once, and a six-minute, twelve-second hat-trick from Mohamed Salah, who had come on as a substitute.

We had a really encouraging halftime discussion, Klopp stated. "We let up a goal, equalized, and had some really great moments of play; we wanted more of that in the second half. We explained to the lad's various areas we might use for play. We were aware that it may get quite heated, especially if we could keep them moving given the way they play.