** Divock Origi tapped in the opener for the Premier League side from Sadio Mane's pass inside 15 minutes
** Roberto Firmino headed home a second for the Reds from Nathaniel Clyne's cross seven minutes later
** Tom Naylor's own goal just after the hour, at the end of James Milner's corner, made it three for Liverpool
** Daniel Sturridge came off the bench to score twice in five minutes for the visitors late in the game
** Emre Can an injury concern after being substituted with an ankle problem in the second half
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The game was barely a quarter old but already it had been won. Jurgen Klopp, however, was in no mood to celebrate, as James Milner soon discovered.
As Liverpool's players trotted back to their own half, with Roberto Firmino having given them a two-goal advantage at Burton, Milner came to the touchline to get a drink. Klopp rose from his dugout to hand his vice-captain a bottle but it came with a message: tell them to keep going.
Klopp could not have wished for a more comfortable night, with Liverpool sauntering into the EFL Cup third round, but their manager's intensity did not drop for a moment. This was a night when he wanted to see if lessons had been learned.
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