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Jurgen Klopp has praised his Liverpool side’s mentality following their come-from-behind win against Fulham last night.

Fulham went ahead in the opening minutes of the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Anfield, with Willian scoring after an error from Virgil van Dijk.

But second-half substitute Darwin Nunez proved to be the difference-maker, registering two assists in three minutes shortly after coming on as Curtis Jones and Cody Gakpo gave Liverpool the advantage heading into the away tie.

“To turn around a game, first and foremost you need quality; to turn a game around you obviously need belief. That’s the main thing and summing up everything beyond that is mentality,” Klopp said.

“We had that this season where we had to overcome real difficulties very early in the season and nobody knew how we would react on that because you cannot plan it, you cannot train, you just watch it.

“The boys did it against Bournemouth at home, against Newcastle away, so many moments… So, in the situation we are in with a lot of players not in — we don’t go for excuses and stuff like this, but it is obvious, you have to change.”