Liverpool produced a devastating attacking display to beat Racing Genk 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday but manager Juergen Klopp said he had not enjoyed it, reports Reuters.
Two goals, the second a beauty, by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, playing in his first game in the competition for 18 months, and silky strikes from Sadio Mane and Mo Salah gave the scoreline a convincing enough look.
Yet there were moments of unease for the European champions as they won away in the group phase for the first time in two years. Genk were unfortunate to have a Mbwana Samatta effort ruled out in the first half and spurned several other chances to equalise before Liverpool took charge.
“I didn’t enjoy the game too much but I enjoyed the result a lot,” said Klopp, whose side’s 17-match winning streak in the Premier League ended in a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday.
“We’ve had two away games that were both difficult for different reasons. I don’t know where we are at the moment. I know where we have to be on Sunday (against Tottenham Hotspur).
Klopp has an embarrassment of attacking riches with Oxlade-Chamberlain’s return yet another option.
He struck a clinical opener after two minutes and his 57th-minute goal to double his side’s lead, a nonchalant clipped effort with the outside of his right foot, was a gem.
It was Liverpool’s 200th Champions League goal but even Oxlade-Chamberlain got a “can do
better” report.
