Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was delighted with Takumi Minamino's goalscoring performance in their Carabao Cup quarterfinal win against Leicester City.

The Japan international again impressed when called up by Klopp for his Cup chance last night.

The manager later said: "Top goal, top performance.

"When you change that much, that's not 100 per cent fair when you then always expect that from him and for him to play their absolute A game. But he played a really good game today. From a tactical point of view he is outstanding and it's so cool for him that he could score that goal. It was a great goal, it was very important, it was in the best possible moment.

"And he deserved it, he deserved this goal for all the things he did tonight and for all the things he did in the last few months and years. So I'm really happy for him."