Jürgen Klopp's influence on Liverpool is akin to having a 12th man on the pitch, according to Reds legend John Aldridge.

The German has overseen four wins, three draws and just one defeat in eight games since taking charge at Anfield in October.

His last two victories have come against the Barclays Premier League champions from each of the last two seasons - Chelsea and Manchester City - both away from home.

The latter win, a comprehensive 4-1 success at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, was arguably the best illustration of the manager's philosophy his team has offered up thus far.

And Aldo has been suitably impressed by the former Borussia Dortmund coach's impact in the early stages of his time at the club.

"Klopp really looks to be an exceptional manager," he wrote in his column for the Liverpool Echo.

"It’s not his team but he’s got them playing in his way. He’s always there at the side of the pitch, I love his enthusiasm, it’s like he goes on the pitch with them – he’s like a 12th man.

"They have all bought into his work ethic and into his tactics. They all know they’ve got to work their socks off because if they don’t they could find themselves out of the team. 

"That’s how it was when I was playing at Liverpool. You were scared to get injured or lose form because you might not get back in the team.

"I’ve never seen Philippe Coutinho work so hard and Adam Lallana is like a different player. 

"With Lallana now it’s just about adding more goals and assists to his all round play. 

"Just a little bit more creativity and he’ll be back to that player we saw a couple of seasons ago."

Aldridge also hailed the tactical approach to the weekend clash with Manuel Pellegrini's team.

He believes the hosts were fortunate not to find themselves on the end of an even greater margin of defeat, such was the Reds' dominance.

"We beat Manchester City and we beat them comprehensively," the former No.8 continued.

"The fact their goalkeeper was man of the match shows it could have been so much worse for them.

"It was fabulous, it really was and I thought Jürgen Klopp’s tactics were unbelievable.

"I knew he was going there with the same game plan as at Stamford Bridge and Manchester City’s team on paper looked like they could struggle defensively in my opinion.

"Manchester City had injuries of course but so did we with Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge still to come back in, among others."