Klopp praises Liverpool's 'special' performance in win over 'horrible' Brentford

Jurgen Klopp described Liverpool's 3-0 win over Brentford as a "special" performance, given the "horrible" situations the visitors created at Anfield - although Bees boss Thomas Frank felt Wataru Endo should have been sent off.

Liverpool had been frustrated in their past two games, drawing away to Luton in the Premier League and losing at Toulouse in the Europa League, but extended their winning streak at Anfield to nine games at the start of this season on Sunday.

The victory wasn't as straightforward as the scoreline suggested, though, with Brentford winning the Expected Goals battle and Alisson having to save from a one-on-one chance for Bryan Mbeumo at 0-0.

Afterwards, Klopp was delighted with the response of his team, with those three points putting them firmly in the title race ahead of a trip to Manchester City on Sky Sports after the international break.

"Top performance, top result, super difficult opponent," he said. "Whatever happens on the pitch, they will have a set-piece and if they have one, how horrible is that? And then outside of set-pieces, they have really good ideas.

"The chances they had in the first half, I can't remember who played the pass for Mbeumo, but the whole situation, oh my god, these things could have happened much more often.

"These moments, horrible. Couldn't respect it any more, but they're horrible. But to put a performance like that on the pitch is really special.

"It was not an easy week, we are super self-critical and the results are one thing, the performances are another thing. I've never experienced season with faultless performance every week or three days. Then you have to react.

"Super-difficult opponent. Injury-wise, line-up-wise - the line-up was good, but then we were really