What Liverpool supporters did on the Kop makes Mohamed Salah point as transfer decision nears

If the pressure is off for the final few weeks of Jurgen Klopp's time at Liverpool, then so too is the handbrake it seems.

And if that allows the Reds to play with the kind of verve that saw them go 4-0 up against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday afternoon, then it might also be why a chaotic final 20 minutes or so threatened to see their visitors incredibly emerge with something from the game too.

As it turned out, the hosts were able to take maximum points that their efforts for the first 70 minutes or so thoroughly deserved to get back to winning ways.

For a team now virtually assured of a third-place finish and Champions League football already back on the agenda for next season, there's a lot to be said for the last days of Klopp's time on Merseyside being an unashamedly fun experience.

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Fans might have become accustomed to dreaming until the last knockings of the season under their manager but if there is little left to pursue now then at least it can be an enjoyable ride to the finish line.

Klopp wore the demeanour of a sixth-former on the final day of term in what was a riotous Friday press conference and the hope was that such wild abandon would translate to the pitch as the team attempted to put right an abject April that had decisively ended treble dreams.

If that was the aim of it all then he will consider it mission accomplished here as his team put the visiting Tottenham Hotspur to the sword with the kind of ruthlessness that has rarely been seen this season. It was sensational at times. At least it was to a very specific point, namely when