Jurgen Klopp gave an extremely emotional interview after Everton win, says he's in 'love' with Liverpool fans

Jurgen Klopp says he's in 'love' with the Anfield crowd as he gave an extremely emotional interview after Liverpool's big win over Everton.

Liverpool picked up their first win in the Premier League since the turn of the new year after beating cross-town rivals Everton on Monday.

Goals from Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo saw the Reds secure three league points, moving them to 32 points on the board, nine points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United.

Klopp cut an emotional figure after the full-time whistle as he performed his iconic fist pump in front of The Kop, with fans all noticing the same thing.

And he continued to pour his heart out during his post-match interview as he confessed his love for the crowd and praised their support.

Asked whether the 16 seconds between Tarkwoski's header and Salah's goal was a key moment in the season, he replied: "Absolutely. We thought the same. It happened last week [vs Wolves] the first ball into the box, deflection, and then goal. That gives a game direction although it shouldn't be impactful but it happens.

"It was the biggest difference between other games and tonight. I thought the performance was the best it's been for a while. You take wins when you don't play well but it's much better when you deserve it and we deserved it."

On the atmosphere the Liverpool fans generated, he said: "Atmosphere was outstanding. I'm in love with our crowd - what they did tonight was extremely helpful and the boys paid back.

"It was a real derby with a difficult opponent but we played the game we wanted to play not the game Everton wanted to play. We kept the ball, switching sides, staying patient, getting behind the line and I saw a real unit tonight where everyone was really fighting."

Klopp added: "And the goals we scored were two sensational counter attacks. Can you remember the last time we had that many options for the guy starting the counter attack? I can't. Tonight we were there.

"That has to be the sign of what we have to do. We had 70 per cent of the ball and we scored two from counter attacks, that is really special.

"I really think when you are in difficult situations the way you behave defines the future. We are the club to show how to deal with difficult moments. There is nothing bad to say about how people reacted and tonight was special."