Reds must kick on from win over Spurs: Henderson

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson admits the players felt they owed manager Jurgen Klopp and the club’s fans after a miserable month.

In 10 matches from the start of January to the beginning of February, the Reds failed to register a Premier League win, exited two cup competitions and dropped out of the top four for the first time since September.

It threatened to completely derail their season but Saturday’s 2-0 win over fellow topfour rivals Tottenham has got them back on track as they ended the weekend just a point behind their second-placed opponents.

Henderson, who called the players together at the club’s Melwood training ground for clearthe-air talks on Thursday, insists the standard has now been set for the remainder of the season.

“As players we take the responsibility as we feel as though we have let ourselves down, the manager down and the fans down,” said the England international.

“Putting in that performance doesn’t make up for it but it is a start and a step in the right direction. Now we have to build on that and keep going.

“You have to stick together. It was a tough time because we knew we hadn’t won for so long and performance levels were not up to standard.

“But you have to stay together and keep believing, and I felt we did that. I wouldn’t question the attitude of the players, it is very good, but there are one or two things we need to work on which we did last week in training which could help us going forward.

“I thought everyone showed great character against Tottenham and now we have to make sure we are consistent with it.

The players fly tomorrow to La Manga in Spain for a warmweather training camp, as Liverpool’s lack of involvement in cup competitions means they have only one more match this month – at Leicester on February 27.