Jordan Henderson s performance in Liverpool s 2-0 win over Sheffield United on Thursday left Jurgen Klopp thrilled, the German lauding him as absolutely incredible .
Liverpool were comfortable winners at Anfield, with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane getting the goals in either half.
The victory allows Liverpool s unbeaten run to surpass a full year, as their most recent Premier League loss came on January 3, 2019 – they are next in top-flight action on January 11.
Yet, it was the performance of Henderson that provoked the most excitable response from Klopp in his post-match news conference.
The midfielder made four key passes, completed 92 per cent of his 131 passes and gained possession 12 times, seeing him continue a strong run of form.
Outstanding
Your Man of the Match,
— Liverpool FC (@LFC)
First of all, hopefully it stays like this, Klopp told reporters when asked about Henderson s recent performances.
Yes, he s exceptional. Yes, he s outstanding. Gini [Georginio Wijnaldum] and Hendo [Henderson], because they had the biggest number of games, what they have played there is just incredible, absolutely incredible.
I don t take that for granted one second. If anybody who is with us doesn t see the quality of Jordan Henderson, I can t help.
Is Hendo the perfect player? No. Do I know anybody who is? No. Is he unbelievably important to us? Yes.
He didn t like the position, number six, when he saw how good Fabinho is. I asked him, two or three weeks ago, when he played already exceptional in the position, You don t like the position, right?
He was laughing. Before that he played centre-half. I don t know exactly what Gareth Southgate [England manager] is now doing with him, which position he will play there, but there are a few options obviously.
You see it in life, that character and mentality helps always and in this case especially. For me it s only difficult to speak about one person positively because I always feel I have to mention all the others as well. I don t take it for granted for one second.
