'You saw Newcastle' - Jurgen Klopp challenges Liverpool players ahead of 'intense' period

Jurgen Klopp has challenged his Liverpool players to go "full throttle" during "the most intense period in world football" as a critical nine-game month begins at home to Fulham on Sunday.

And the Reds boss insists he trusts everyone in his squad to contribute to what could be a hugely significant run in the overall season after qualification to the last 16 of the Europa League was confirmed on Thursday night following nine changes.

Cody Gakpo struck twice alongside goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah as Liverpool beat Austrian outfit LASK 4-0 at Anfield to finish as Group E winners with a game to spare, which comes away at Union Saint-Gilloise in Belgium later this month.

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Gakpo's two goals have moved the Dutchman up to six for the campaign with Klopp's five-man forward line now sharing a combined 39 and the manager wants to see everyone in his ranks step up in the coming weeks before a short break in early January.

Klopp believes he will need to use all of his options during a run that includes games at Anfield against Manchester United, Arsenal and West Ham United in a Carabao Cup quarter-final, which all come before a New Year's Day visit from Newcastle United.

"The boys don’t have to convince me in the games," Klopp said. "This is my squad, this is my team, and they play. If somebody is not in extremely awful shape and you think: 'My God what is going on with him?' - and that didn’t happen for a long, long time - then we just decide for the game and these kind of things.

"This is the most intense period in world football coming up now, that's how it is,