LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp believes his side are at their counter-pressing best for the first time this season following back-to-back wins.

A hard-earned 3-2 victory at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday came on the back of a convincing 6-1 win at Leeds last week. 

The Reds boss is now looking for consistency ahead of a trip to West Ham on Wednesday.

“Today I saw a lot of top, top, top counter-pressing moments and I love that,” Klopp said following the Forest win.

“This is super-important for us. I think we are much clearer again in that department but we have to prove that again in four days.

“If you are not only solid but really, really good and aggressive and positive in defending, then you can build on that.

“For me, it feels like the first time this season that we have that, which is late, but hopefully not too late, and we have to build on it.”

Liverpool took the lead twice through Diogo Jota but were pegged back on both occasions by goals from Neco Williams and Morgan Gibbs-White. 

A third goal, scored by Mohamed Salah from a superb set-piece delivery from Trent Alexander-Arnold, which was a feature of this game, was finally enough to give the home side the win.

During the first half, Forest fans displayed a banner reading: “Respect the 97. Solidarity with survivors. No to tragedy chanting” in response to an increase in unsavoury chants at football matches referring to disasters such as Hillsborough.