What Jurgen Klopp did at full-time showed what Man City already know about Liverpool

The shaking of Jurgen Klopp's fist said it all at full time. As did the reaction of the Kop.

This was a massive three Premier League points for Liverpool at Anfield.

Klopp knew it. The Kop knew it. And Manchester City, who entertain neighbours United on Sunday, will know it as well.

The Reds aren't going away in this title race. Not just yet, anyway.

This was as hard-fought a win as there has been all season at home as West Ham United battled until the last blast of Jonathan Moss' whistle on Saturday evening.

Klopp, as he tends to, played to the gallery after the game, but it was his more subdued clenching of a fist before he reached the fans that revealed just how vital he viewed this 1-0 triumph as.

There has been plenty of talk this week over the long-term future of Klopp, with the Liverpool manager fielding a raft of questions about his contract in recent days.

The Reds boss, while refusing to rule out staying on definitively, hinted that 2024 will see his last day on the job at Anfield, even if there may be some schools of thought within the Fenway Sports Group hierarchy of attempting to keep the German on past the nine-year mark.

But perhaps after hearing him draw a line under the topic - for now, at least - in his Friday press conference, Liverpool fans simply need to enjoy their talismanic leader in the here and now.

After all, he admitted only last week that the trying circumstances of last season zapped his energy and zest for the job he loves.

"We were all really drained," he admitted. "Just finished. Done."

But 12 months on from the lowest ebb of a sixth straight Anfield defeat, the manager looks as refreshed and as energised as at any other time during his six-and-a-half-years on Merseyside right