Jurgen Klopp has hailed the footballing intelligence of Cody Gakpo after Liverpool beat Leicester City 3-0 on Monday night.
Trent Alexander-Arnold added a stunning effort to Curtis Jones's first-half brace at the King Power as the Reds made it seven successive wins and extended their unbeaten run to nine in the Premier League.
Gakpo was restored to his centre-forward role at Leicester after starting the 1-0 win against Brentford earlier this month in a more withdrawn position and Klopp was full of praise for how the Netherlands international is able to adjust to what is asked of him from a tactical perspective.
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"He is a super footballer and a smart person," Klopp said, "I never for second thought that he was only 24, but he is really young. He was captain at his previous club (PSV), which is special.
"And then you meet the boy and you think: 'Ah OK, now I understand why.' He eats football, each information we give him is so natural for him to put it on the pitch.
"He is in a position he has never played before but he enjoys it a lot. We need him there and he is very cool that he can play three or four positions but he has adapted pretty quickly."
Gakpo has scored six times since moving from PSV for an initial £37m at the start of January.
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