Liverpool eased past RB Leipzig into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 2-0 win in Budapest that coach Jurgen Klopp said helps his side put their Premier League woes to one side.
Repeating their rapid-fire double act from the first leg, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane again struck within four second-half minutes to give the Reds a 4-0 aggregate win and keep alive Liverpool's hopes of rescuing their miserable domestic season with European glory.
After six successive defeats at Anfield and dropping to eighth place in the Premier League, Klopp's men looked relieved to be away from home, with the second leg also played in the Hungarian capital due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
"They were outstanding. We had to switch off the Premier League stuff to get here and to try. To give it a proper try," Klopp said. "The boys really enjoyed themselves tonight which is important."
"It is a big result for us," said Salah. "We lost a few games in the Premier League, the team is not in the best shape but we want to fight in the Champions League.
"It's been tough in the Premier League, everybody can see that. The last couple of years we were winning, we were flying. This year we had a couple of injuries so we were unlucky, we are trying to fix that but it is hard."
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