A selection of Liverpool fans have been reacting on social media after Jurgen Klopp praised Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson for their offensive contributions, as he shared his assessment of the full-backs.

The pair are joint with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino for the most assists in the Premier League by a Liverpool player this season with three, while Alexander-Arnold ranks top for minutes between key passes with one every 24.8.

Only Kevin De Bruyne at 19.7 minutes, Robbie Brady at 22, Callum Hudson-Odoi at 22.2, Marc Albrighton and Riyad Mahrez at 22.9 are averaging a faster rate of key passes in the Premier League this term from players to have featured for more than 100 minutes.

Alexander-Arnold also ranks second for big chances created in the top-flight with nine to De Bruyne’s eleven, and has delivered the second-most accurate crosses with 29 to the Manchester City midfielder’s 30.

Robertson, meanwhile, has delivered 12 accurate crosses and created four big chances so far this season.

The Reds full-backs’ form is nothing new either, as they set a Premier League record last term as the first two defenders from the same team to ever record double figures for assists in the same campaign.

Klopp could not help himself but to praise the duo as he spoke to the assembled media ahead of Sunday’s clash with Manchester City, as he delivered a glowing verdict of their efforts.

“Modern football is like this, that you have to be really strong on the wings, however you do it, because the goal is in the centre of the pitch and the area around the goal is the most crowded area,” he said, via quotes by the official Liverpool website. “So you have to find a way to go through – that’s in behind, you pass it on the wings or you try to find little spaces between their lines. That’s how football is.

“The wider you make the pitch, the bigger the spaces in the centre. That’s why we try, you have to be a force from pretty much everywhere. We try to use the skills of the two boys – good crosses, speed, very lively, very brave and very fit endurance-wise, so they can do the defensive transition as well.

“They are pretty good players, so they’ve done well so far.”

Here are some of the messages shared from supporters reacting to Klopp’s comments…