Featuring from the start for the first time since February, Keita produced a strong display capped by his first goal for the club in the Reds’ 3-1 victory at Southampton last Friday.
And he immediately followed it up with another all-action performance – and another goal – in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over FC Porto in a Champions League quarter-final first leg at Anfield.
“That’s what we wished for,” said Klopp, when quizzed on the Guinean’s growing influence at his press conference previewing Sunday’s Premier League fixture at home to Chelsea.
“He looked really good in training in the last couple of weeks, and then bringing him in against Southampton was not really a brave decision, to be honest, because he looked that good in training, and then he played there.