Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp supports the incredible "Roberto Firmino"

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp supported Roberto Firmino "incredibly valuable" after the striker found himself on the scoresheet against Watford.

Firmino, used in various roles and more in-depth this season, scored only his fifth goal of the campaign in Saturday's 3-0 Premier League win.

It was the Brazilian's first goal in the league since mid-September and only his third goal of the season in England.

But Klopp once again defended the 27-year-old, saying his contribution was not limited to goals.

"It all depends on what you want to see, what you expect, what you are comparing to," he said.

"In the match against Fulham, 20 German coaches were in the stadium, I do not know how the critics went, but when I saw them and drank together, they said," Bobby Firmino! Which player! "

"Because of the little things that he does, he works so hard, he is here, he is there, he has six goals but he creates 5,000 gaps for everyone.

"It's pretty much what you see, it will never come to me and say, 'Because people are writing something that's missing, could I play my old job again?' "

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"It does the job – it makes it incredibly valuable to us – I'm really happy for it – it's pretty much what we need to do at the right time – we need to find a system where we can bring our quality to pitch, and saturday we did it. "

Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold also scored against Watford, Liverpool remaining undefeated in the Premier League.

They are two points behind the league leader, Manchester City, and face Everton in the Merseyside derby Sunday, four days after their stint at Paris Saint-Germain.