Jürgen Klopp has shared details of how Liverpool's players and staff reacted to the news Joel Matip had won the Premier League's Player of the Month award for February.
The centre-back was announced as the recipient of the divisional prize on Friday morning, pipping Che Adams, Ryan Fraser, Harry Kane, Ben Mee and Wilfried Zaha to the trophy.
Matip was instrumental in the Reds’ top-flight form during February as they claimed maximum points from four fixtures, even helping himself to a goal and assist.
And asked about the internal reaction to the news, Klopp told reporters: “Before training [on Thursday], we had a meeting and not everybody knew it then.