Jürgen Klopp is encouraged by Liverpool's increased stability in defence this season and accepts that their focus on that area can have short-term influence in others.

The Reds have conceded only three goals in their opening eight Premier League games.

Should Klopp’s men register a clean sheet on their return to action at Huddersfield Town today they would set a new club record for fewest goals conceded in their first nine league matches of a campaign.

Liverpool are yet to produce their free-flowing best at the other end of the pitch but the manager is certain the team will adapt to have both.

“We want to be stronger defensively but that doesn’t mean we don’t have interest in offensive things. It is normal in a period of adaptation,” explained Klopp.

“You put the focus a bit more on something – close this gap, close this space – and immediately you lose a bit of the fluency in something else.

“But we have created enough chances; it’s just that we didn’t use them like we used them in the best period of last season.

“We have had good results and scored goals but it’s obvious we can improve. We need to keep the stability, no doubt about that. What we’ve done defensively so far is credit to the whole team.

“We don’t concede a lot of shots in general. It’s not that we don’t concede because Alisson [Becker] makes one world-class save after another. We don’t let them shoot often and that’s the best thing.”

Klopp’s favoured tactic of high pressing has been an important – and productive – feature of his Liverpool side ever since his arrival as boss three years ago this month.

He believes two factors, one on the part of his team and one on the opposition, have affected that strategy in recent times, however.

“It’s more the case that teams don’t usually play against us. They play over our pressing with long balls, which makes sense,” said the German.

“In a lot of games our counter-press has been really good, which is much more important in terms of losing the ball and winning it back.

“In terms of the high press, it depends on the style of play of the other team. You can’t do it if they don’t play. It’s not that we don’t want to do it anymore. If they play then we should be there.

“It has not been a proper plan to sit back a little bit more but we have done that after being 1-0 or 2-0 up in games. We did sit back a bit more to not give space away, that’s true.

“It’s a question of maturity and that makes absolute sense. With the number of games we have it’s not about chasing a game always like crazy, you have to be smart. We try to be that without killing our nature.”