On the prowl for a third consecutive win across all tournaments, Liverpool return to Premier League action on Sunday, when Nottingham Forest stop over at Anfield.
The Reds dismantled Toulouse 5-1 in Thursday's Europa League contest, while Steve Cooper's side threw away a 2-0 lead against Luton Town to draw 2-2 last weekend.
A second-string side did have a few questions asked of them by Les Violets, who broke forward in numbers at every available opportunity, but 18-year-old goalkeeper Guillaume Restes faced a barrage of attacks himself and was powerless to prevent Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, Wataru Endo and Ryan Gravenberch from making the net bulge.
Thijs Dallinga's first-half equaliser only proceeded a relentless onslaught from the Reds, who are now potentially one game away from sealing a last-16 spot in Europe's secondary competition, and Klopp has led the Merseyside giants to seven successive home wins at the start of the season for the first time since 1990.
A somewhat unconvincing 2-0 Merseyside derby success over Everton kept Liverpool within touching distance of the Premier League podium, as the fourth-placed hosts - who have now scored at least twice in each of their last four contests - are just one point worse off than Manchester City and Arsenal.
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