Jurgen Klopp: watch the Liverpool manager perform Rafa Benitez-esque magic trick

The German coach is casting quite a spell on Merseyside

Jurgen Klopp really is a magician.

Not content with guiding Liverpool to seven wins from his 11 games in charge at Anfield, plus coaxing a hat-trick from Divock Origi, here he is caught swiping an advert for Liverpool's upcoming fixture against Newcastle away on Sky Sports.

The ethereal moment was captured during the Reds 6-1 League Cup triumph over Southampton last night, a game which Origi netted his hat-trick, the returning Daniel Sturridge netted twice, and Jordon Ibe got on the scoresheet.

But Klopp is not the only man to manager Liverpool with with mystical powers,who could forget Rafael Benitez also had mystical powers too.

After the game, Klopp said about two-goal Sturridge: "I said to him after the game, 'Now I know what everybody's talking about'. Of course, I know about his quality. It's important for us we have these good strikers.

"How should I know (if Sturridge can get back to his career-best form of 2013/14)? Maybe he can be better. Write this: 'Daniel Sturridge can be much better than he was'.

"No (Sturridge did not need convincing to start). The problem with Daniel was we didn't know how long he could play. He had not the perfect pre-season.

"It was a good decision (to select him), I have to say."

In progressing to the semi-finals against Stoke, Liverpool avoided the potentially more difficult draws against Everton or Manchester City, but Klopp pointed to his team's recent 4-1 win at City as proof they need not be concerned about facing them, and insisted that Stoke remain a significant challenge.

"I have absolutely no problems with a match against Everton," he said. "As you could see we have no problem with matches against Manchester City, but we got Stoke.

"I've had a few finals in my life and I know there was never an easy one. Stoke will want this final, for sure."

The 6-1 defeat represented Southampton's worst at home for 56 years, since a 6-0 loss to Brentford in March 1959, and while criticising his team for making it "too easy" for Liverpool, their manager, Ronald Koeman, accepted responsibility for the attacking changes which he said ultimately increased their deficit.

"(It was) great play of Liverpool," he said. "They played a fantastic game. Very complete, defensively strong, good movement, and they killed the game with high quality, but (it was) too easy in my opinion.

"The second half is my responsibility. I took the decision to play three at the back, and the first 20 minutes after half-time it was a little bit better, but we didn't score, and the last 20 minutes, there were too big spaces, too big gaps."