Burton Albion 0 Liverpool 5: Divock Origi, Roberto Firmino and Daniel Sturridge get Jurgen Klopp’s Reds back to winning ways in EFL Cup

LIVERPOOL bounced back from their tame defeat at Burnley by thrashing Burton Albion to move into the third round of the EFL Cup.

Jurgen Klopp fielded a strong team for the cup clash, and he was rewarded as his Reds ran riot at the Pirelli Stadium.

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Divock Origi gave Liverpool the lead when he turned in Sadio Mane's cross, and Roberto Firmino's header ensured the Reds led 2-0 at the break.

An own-goal from a corner extended the Red's advantage before Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to fire a late brace in a commanding performance.

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FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

• FAIR play to Jurgen Klopp – he spent ages having pictures done with fans at the side of the pitch before kick off
• BURTON’S stadium may be one of the friendliest and prettiest in the league but they could have done with fixing the air con on a boiling night
• KLOPP’S backroom team may be among the most respected in the game, but half of them still look like session musicians from Genesis

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• NO European football for Liverpool this season, so the Pirelli Stadium is likely to be as close as they get to Italy
• KLOPP wasn’t joking when he said he’d field a strong team. At some stage this season you could argue this will actually be his strongest
• HAMZA Choudhury isn’t just a promising on-loan teen from Leicester – he’s also got a hairstyle that makes Marouane Fellaini’s look like a crew cut

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• TWO games into his Kop career and already Sadio Mane is the key man. With him they look unstoppable. Without him, woeful
• KEEPER Steven Bywater will have nightmares about Liverpool. Conceded six at Anfield with Derby in 2007. Gifted them the second last night
• THERE are few more frustrating players than Roberto Firmino. He can look brilliant one minute, dismal the next
• DANIEL STURRIDGE will feel a lot better after that cameo, coming on with 25 minutes to play and banging in two goals

DREAM TEAM RATINGS

LIVERPOOL: Mignolet 6, Clyne 6, Matip 7, Lovren 8, Milner 9, Henderson 8, Can 6 (Stewart 71, 5), Lallana 7 (Wijnaldum 64, 6), Firmino 7 (Sturridge 64, 7), Mane 8, Origi 7.

Subs not used: Manninger, Klavan, Moreno, Ings.

DREAM TEAM STAR MAN: James Milner 9.

*Ratings are based on Opta data

WHAT THEY SAID

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: "It was a very professional performance from my side. It was pretty warm and humid so not easy for both teams but we did what we had to do to go through to the next round.

"We gave a few players some match time as well which was very important because they didn't have a long pre-season."

Reds skipper Jordan Henderson on bouncing back from their Burnley defeat: "We were very disappointed at the weekend so it was important to come here and put in a good performance ahead of a tough game at the weekend (against Tottenham."