It's amazing what a win over your local rivals can do.
A week after Jurgen Klopp had admitted that he had to give his Liverpool players two days off because, frankly, he was sick of looking at them and they were sick of looking at each other, it was all smiles at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby on Thursday in the aftermath of Monday night's win over Everton.
One result does not make a season of course, especially one as below par as this one has been for a side who came into the campaign seeking to recapture the highs of 2021-22, but the Merseyside derby was a definitive step in the right direction for Liverpool.
