STAT ATTACK

LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp got one over on his best friend David Wagner as Daniel Sturridge’s 100th club goal paved the way for an easy win over Huddersfield.

Wagner’s Terriers, who ended Manchester United’s unbeaten start to the season last weekend, comfortably held the Kop giants at bay for 50 minutes thanks to keeper Jonas Lossl’s penalty save from Mo Salah.

But a brilliant finish from Sturridge broke their resistance less than five minutes after the break and Roberto Firmino and Georginio Wijnaldum clinched only Liverpool’s second win in seven Premier League games.

The result had looked far from secure after a dreadful first half watched by Mike Gordon, the president of club owners Fenway Sports Group.

Wagner, Klopp’s best man and former youth team coach under him at Borussia Dortmund, had said he would park the bus as numerous visitors to Anfield had done before them with general success and he was true to his word with Town retreating into a 5-4-1 formation.

It had the desired effect in stifling what creativity Liverpool, without the injured Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mane – plus under-fire defender Dejan Lovren who sustained a thigh problem in the warm-up – could manage.

Sturridge bounced one attempt into the turf and on to the roof of the net while Salah and James Milner both presented Lossl with easy saves.

Salah’s spot-kick – awarded much to the general bemusement of Anfield after referee Kevin Friend spotted Tommy Smith tugging Firmino’s shirt – was almost as comfortable as Salah blasted straight down the middle with Jordan Henderson driving the rebound wide via the left post.

It was Liverpool’s 34th miss from the spot in