Klopp wants more from Benteke

Jurgen Klopp is convinced there is much more to come from striker Christian Benteke after he fired Liverpool to a win at Sunderland.

Jurgen Klopp is convinced there is much more to come from striker Christian Benteke after he fired Liverpool to a win at Sunderland.

The Belgium international took his tally for the season to seven goals, six of them in the Premier League, when he secured a 1-0 win at Sunderland on Wednesday after coming off the bench to do the same against then leaders Leicester on Boxing Day.

Benteke passed up a series of other glorious opportunities, including a gilt-edge chance at the death, but Klopp was satisfied with his contribution.

He said: "A striker who scores a decisive goal is always a positive thing, but I'm sure Christian knows he can play better. But at this moment, we need goals more than anything else and he did it again, so we are really satisfied."

Asked if there is more to come from the 25-year-old, Klopp replied: "Yes. That's the best news."

Benteke's decisive intervention came 22 seconds after half-time with Sunderland keeper Vito Mannone have produced a series of fine saves, including one outstanding effort to deny Roberto Firmino, to keep his side level.

There was a touch of good fortune to the goal as Adam Lallana tried to control Nathaniel Clyne's pass and succeeded in serving up the ball perfectly for the striker with Mannone powerless to resist.

Klopp said: "I'm not too much interested in that, to be honest, because it's better you decide a game early. We don't live in wonderland and wait for the special moment, we have to work for the special moment and that's what we did." - Female First