The United Kingdom's Birmingham: With a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa on Monday, Liverpool cut the gap between themselves and the top four teams in the Premier League to five points, getting off to the perfect start after returning from the World Cup.
Before the break, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah gave the Reds a big advantage.
However, Jurgen Klopp's men needed to get through a few brazen minutes in the last part after Ollie Watkins pulled an objective back for Manor before youngster Stefan Bajcetic fell off the seat to protect the three focuses with his most memorable senior objective.
During the first part of the season, Liverpool did not perform to the same level as they had in previous seasons, but they appeared rejuvenated as they defeated Villa for the first time in the league under Unai Emery.
Salah, one of Klopp's key players who was absent from Qatar, scored his 15th goal of the season in just five minutes.
After the Villa defense had been breached by a Trent Alexander-Arnold through ball, the Egyptian converted Andy Roberson's pass.
Emery's men were passed on to lament a large group of opportunities of a lifetime to get promptly back based on level conditions as Liverpool gave no indication of curing their cautious issues up until this point this season.
Watkins and Leon Bailey both committed wasteful finishing.
Darwin Nunez was even more wasteful at the other end, despite his powerful running in behind the Villa backline and causing havoc.
After Ezri Konsa made an error, the Uruguayan shot straight at Villa's stand-in goalkeeper Robin Olsen, with only the Swede to beat, and then headed over Robertson's inviting cross.
When the Dutch defender calmly guided Salah's pass from a corner into the goal, Van Dijk was not as forgiving, giving the visitors a two-goal advantage.
In the second half, Villa refused to accept their fate.
Within three minutes of the restart, Watkins put the ball in the net, but it was just offside before he shot into the far corner.
Before the home team scored the goal they deserved to start the second half, John McGinn also missed his lines with only goalkeeper Alisson to beat.
With a brilliant header back across goal, Watkins turned one of his more difficult chances into a goal to cut Villa's deficit in half.
As 17-year-old Ben Doak also made his first Premier League appearance, Klopp had to use two teenagers off the bench, highlighting Liverpool's relative lack of depth in comparison to their rivals for the top four.
However, after Olsen had denied Nunez once more, the 18-year-old Bajcetic displayed maturity beyond his years with a composed finish.