Carragher: Klopp is a revelation | Firmino brilliant

Jamie Carragher hailed the spirit that Jurgen Klopp has created after Liverpool made nine changes and still beat Southampton to keep the Premier League title race alive.

Liverpool went one down at St Mary's but goals from Takumi Minamino and Joel Matip turned the game around and ensure that Manchester City still have work to do on the final day of the season.

It was achieved with a back-up line-up that did not include Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and numerous other key players, but Carragher believes that is a testament to Klopp.

"There is something that Jurgen Klopp has created and it is not just about how good the first-choice eleven is," Carragher told Sky Sports.

"We know who the first-choice eleven is, they weren't playing tonight. But when you have something special at a club it almost feels at times that you can put any set of players on and they play that way.

"I go back a couple of years when Liverpool beat Everton with almost an under-23 team in the FA Cup. It is almost a mentality that goes right through the club no matter the line-up.

"We know they are good players but let's not kid ourselves, the reason they are not the first eleven is because they are not as good as those players. But what he has created right through this club is the standard that he expects, that spirit, that mentality. He is just an absolute revelation.

"What he went through last season with the injuries - and all teams get injuries, I am not making excuses, but it was all in the one position and it was a really tough season. He lost his mother through Covid and he said it was the toughest season of his life.

"To come back and be in the position Liverpool are in after signing one player in the summer, who was a squad player, who was