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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp declared himself satisfied with the 4-0 victory over LASK which secured top spot in their Europa League group with a match to spare.<\/p>\n

Two goals from Cody Gakpo and one apiece from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah, his 199th for the club, saw them coast past the Austrians at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Toulouse\u2019s draw with Union Saint-Gilloise meant Klopp\u2019s side cannot be caught at the top and crucially that means avoiding the play-off round when the competition restarts in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo top results for us tonight in the group,\u201d said Klopp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was clear, with the defeat at Toulouse (last time out) we made it a bit more tricky but because of our result and their result we are now top of the table and that will not change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s good, very important in the busy schedule we have from now on.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of positives in the game, a lot of good football. The thing I didn\u2019t like too much, and told the boys at half-time, (was) this game should have been put to bed already at half-time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot play better, you cannot set it up better, (but) you can finish it better obviously \u2013 but we didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaoimhin (Kelleher) worked for his clean sheet, which he desperately wanted, and that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe scored a fourth goal in the last minute or whatever, so result top, performance really good (and) nobody got injured. All good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liverpool are favourites for the Europa League but having put themselves firmly in the title race the demands on Klopp\u2019s side are likely to be significant when the competition resumes.<\/p>\n

However, the Reds boss refused to relegate Europe to a second-tier ambition.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, my career is not like this where I can choose, to be honest,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to take what I get. When we play the competition it\u2019s the most important competition on the planet. Easy as that.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now we play Premier League on Sunday (at home to Fulham) and so that is then the most important competition, definitely.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to go as far as somehow possible (in the Europa League).\u201d<\/p>\n

Gakpo said the squad were determined to compete in all competitions they were in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to keep going because we have big goals for the season. That\u2019s it,\u201d he told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to keep going and win as much as possible. We have a lot of quality in the group and I think with this quality we can win a lot of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

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