He told the Liverpool Echo: 'Klopp really looks to be an exceptional manager. It’s not his team but he’s got them playing in his way. He’s always there at the side of the pitch, I love his enthusiasm, it’s like he goes on the pitch with them – he’s like a twelfth man.
'They have all bought into his work ethic and into his tactics. They all know they’ve got to work their socks off because if they don’t they could find themselves out of the team.
'That’s how it was when I was playing at Liverpool. You were scared to get injured or lose form because you might not get back in the team.
The German's hands on relationship with the players such as Philippe Coutinho appears to be working
'I’ve never seen Philippe Coutinho work so hard and Adam Lallana is like a different player. With Lallana now it’s just about adding more goals and assists to his all round play. Just a little bit more creativity and he’ll be back to that player we saw a couple of seasons ago.'
Liverpool are just four points off fifth and look to be building momentum heading into the busy Christmas period.
They face Swansea on Sunday, with Klopp looking to win his first league game in charge at Anfield, and they could not be facing them at a better time with Garry Monk under real pressure at the Liberty Stadium.
Klopp and his Liverpool side are chasing down Tottenham in fifth as they aim to climb the Premier League table
