Jurgen Klopp: 'Liverpool have to stay angry'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has called on his players to "stay angry" if they are to achieve their aims this season.

The Reds, who defeated West Ham United 4-1 in their last fixture, look certain to move into the last eight of the Champions League after an away rout of Porto.

Klopp, who highlighted that his players are at risk of going "soft" due to the praise they receive in the press, insisted that the squad must stay focused if they are to finish the season well.

"You have a good moment you keep it going, that's the most difficult thing," the German told reporters. "You're having a good run and you have all this press work to do, all this LFC TV and all that stuff, they are all so positive then we start doing the funny things so you get completely soft.

"I said it before the game in the meeting. If this would be the first day of the season and we would know as much now as we do now about each other that would be a perfect world. Now we know so much about each other, now we like each other, now we have better times with each other in private and on the football pitch.

"Now we need to stay angry with the rest of the world, we need to stay aggressive. At the beginning of the season you don't have a lot of laughter in the dressing room, it's not like everyone is laughing all the time."

Liverpool will be looking to continue their good form when Newcastle United visit Anfield on Saturday.