Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says that his team is in an upbeat mood ahead of the Champions League fixture against Spartak Moscow on Tuesday.

The Reds, who have looked vulnerable defensively this season, ended their winless run of four games with a close 3-2 win over Leicester City on Saturday. However, despite the criticism, Klopp insists that he is happy with his side's imperfect start to the season.

"People who are too negative don't see it and people who are not really interested don't see it," he told Liverpoolfc.com.

"We have a lot of things to do, 100 per cent, but we all know we are on a good way. Yes, a few things are not fixed, which happens when you are not flying. The Man City game is a good moment to describe it; for half an hour, we were the better side, we got the red card and then City started flying from this moment.

"Each team will have difficult moments in the season because no team will collect 120 points or something like this! Our learning process started again already in this season.

"We have 11 points and each point we've got so far we've deserved. We could have had one, two or three more – everybody knows that. It's not the perfect season, but we have 11 points. The teams with the perfect season so far have 16, so that's a five-point difference. It sounds like it's everything is already decided!

"I said after the [Leicester] game that we know and we are responsible, we have to deliver results. If nobody asked, we'd only carry on working – keep on working, keep on working, keep on working, keep on working.

"But because everyone is asking, it's always this kind of, 'Stop, so 3-2… you are happy?' Not 100 per cent, but 80 per cent. 'You are 80 per cent happy?' Yes – sorry about that.

"We are really in a good mood and in a good moment, we just have to deliver results – [starting with] the next one in Moscow."