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​Liverpool boss Klopp delighted with Minamino performance against Porto

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was pleased with his side's effort to defeat FC Porto at Anfield in the Champions League.

The Reds rotated their side, as they are already going through as group winners in the competition.

One of the players who got a chance was winger Takumi Minamino, whose endeavor pleased Klopp.

Asked about Minamino after the 2-0 win, Klopp told the club website: "I was completely happy with the way Taki played. We just had to see the game out with bringing on players and then we have to move it a bit around, and Taki then ended up on the right wing.

"But that's only a position where you defend. In our system, you are not there as a right winger.

"You play in the half space, you drop, you do a lot of stuff and you are never a right winger, like Mo is not a right winger when he's playing there – he's in moments a right winger but in other moments he's a striker, in other moments he's a centre forward, all these kind of things. I was very happy with Taki."

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