Jürgen Klopp today praised Simon Mignolet for his efforts since the manager took charge, as the goalkeeper prepares to play his 100th Barclays Premier League game for Liverpool.

The No.22 was beaten by Fernandinho’s strike during the Capital One Cup final on Sunday but kept Manchester City out on a number of other occasions with reaction saves.

It was not to be for the Reds at Wembley, however, as the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw saw Manuel Pellegrini’s team take the victory and lift the trophy.

City visit Anfield on Wednesday night in the Premier League and a Belgian reporter at Melwood to interview Mignolet asked Klopp about the ‘keeper at the pre-match press conference.

“I think you [have] found the perfect moment to come here and make the Simon Mignolet story,” he said.

“I would like to say the goal we [conceded] in the final was unholdable, but Simon knows it too of course. It is how it is. I’m not sure it was a mistake, but it was not perfect I would say.

“That’s how it is, that’s football players’ lives and especially goalkeepers’ lives. On the other side, I can absolutely say nothing negative about Simon Mignolet – he’s a really good boy, a big personality and since I’ve been here he has had to handle a lot of pressure.

“There was no day when somebody, outside Melwood, was 100 per cent satisfied with whatever he did. And he has had a lot of good games for us, really good games.

“He has the hard way to go, like Liverpool FC too. He’s old enough, he’s experienced enough and together we have to handle the situation and together we have to go through it.”