Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has heaped praise on Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo.

The midfielder and forward were among those Klopp name checked during his post-match interviews.

Jones scored the first two goals of a 3-0 win over Leicester City on Monday, while Gakpo was a constant threat.

On Jones, Klopp told club media: “He improved a lot, so I think a lot of things came together. You should not forget he is still a young boy and one or two years ago he played super games for us as well. Then he had a difficult spell with injuries, that's true – strange injuries, a finger in the eye and stuff like this. It took him out for a real while, but this year was especially bad.

“He could watch a lot of football, he could understand the game better and it looks really like that. I think where he improved the most is counter-pressing, it's exceptional, and speed of play. He doesn't keep the ball that long anymore – he does that, and has to do in moments, but he is much quicker in decision-making and stuff like this. That he is a good finisher, we saw now a couple of times, both goals were absolutely exceptional.

“I am not sure they were real chances. First with the left foot, a similar goal to the last goal he scored [against Tottenham]. The second one is a super finish. He is in a good moment, really cool."

Then he added on Gakpo: “He's a super, football-smart person. Not for one second I feel that he's 24 – he's really young. He was captain at his previous club, which is all special. Then you meet the boy and you think, 'Ah OK, now I understand it.' He eats football.

“So like each information we give him is, for him, natural to put it on the pitch – in a position he never played before, I think, but he enjoys it a lot there and we need him there. It's very cool. He can play obviously three, four positions in this system, which is super-helpful. But you are right, he adapted pretty quick."