Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he has full confidence in the character of his players.

The Reds have struggled for results this year, but they got back to winning ways with an impressive 2-0 Premier League win over Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.

The German manager feels that the dip in the performances of his players was down to a busy fixture schedule in January.

He said from the club's warm-weather training camp in La Manga: "They are all human beings and of course they are influenced by the things they see every day.

"Did I learn anything new about them in the last few weeks? Yes. A lot of what I wanted to learn? No. But that is how it is. I am not one bit in doubt about the character of these players but of course we have to create mentality. We had a few moments when we didn't deliver, didn't perform, although not too often in the Premier League otherwise we couldn't be where we are now.

"It felt worse because of different cup competitions. We should have been out of the EFL Cup last year, and that would have meant two less defeats this year in a moment when we needed each second for bringing a player back from injury, for recovery, for training, all that stuff. It didn't help but that's how it is. We cannot make a wishlist and say: 'What do we want?' We have to deal with all the circumstances. Now, before the Tottenham game, we created a situation. You say to the boys: 'Where will this lead us?'

"Man United had won so it was clear we needed to win to show what we really want to do in the rest of the season. It was important and it was a really good sign. It is not that I think is normal to react this way. You have to take everything and fight but it looks a little bit stiff, not fluent. But the boys were in a good moment and they used this."