STOKE-ON-TRENT, England -- Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's come-from-behind win over Stoke City on Saturday is "massive" ahead of the remaining six games to the season.
The Reds produced a second-half turnaround at the bet365 Stadium to win 2-1, maintaining their Champions League qualification hopes.
Goals from substitutes Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino in the 69th and 71st minute respectively cancelled out Jonathan Walters' first-half opener.
Klopp insists the manner of the result in Staffordshire when Liverpool did not play particularly well will help build momentum at the right stage of the campaign.
Speaking at his postmatch news conference, the Liverpool manager said: "It's absolutely massive. It feels like this.
"We won a few games this year but this is really special. You could feel it immediately in the dressing room. Everybody was like: 'That's very important.'
"Of course we have to prove it next week and the next week -- that's how it is. But it feels outstandingly good in this moment.
"I can imagine Stoke feels the exact opposite because they were really close to getting points today -- all three or maybe one. But at the end, we all worked really hard for the three points and we got them."
Klopp revealed that he was unsure whether eventual match-winners Coutinho and Firmino would be able to last the entire second half.
The pair started the contest on the bench with Coutinho still feeling the effects of illness which forced him off early in the midweek draw to Bournemouth, while Firmino was suffering from fatigue following a busy period.
Youngsters Ben Woodburn and Trent Alexander-Arnold made way for the Brazilian duo at the interval.
"It was a difficult decision to make because it was not clear that Roberto and Phil would be ready for 45 minutes," Klopp said. "Roberto, after the last game, a guy who usually never says anything about how he feels, said: 'I'm really done.'
"After two games for Brazil, last game after injury [he] played Man City, flying immediately to Brazil, played there, in his situation tried to convince the people, coming back and playing the derby immediately.
"He was now at a point where it was clear if we tried to bring him through 90 minutes it would cause us real problems.
"Phil lost three kilos in the last three days. For most of us that would be good news! But for Phil and a professional football player, it is not as good.
"He came to the hotel this morning and said: 'I'm fine.' But we knew he would have a low energy level, full enough for 30 minutes.
"Maybe I am lucky in the end that it worked out, but I thought a lot about it and even when nobody really understands it, it was my decision. And the solution, I found it.
"I thought we could have played much better than we did; it was clear we wanted to bring them, but [for] only half an hour made absolutely no sense. But [if the score] was still 0-0, then they could decide the game. They had to do a little bit more work.
Meanwhile, the Reds boss paid tribute to goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who produced two stunning saves in Staffordshire.
The Belgian made a world-class stop minutes after Firmino's goal to deny Sadio Berahino and, ultimately, preserve the three points for Liverpool.
"We needed Simon Mignolet with two outstanding saves -- the second one was one of the best I've ever seen, Save of the Day, Month, Year," he added. "It was outstanding, well deserved for him because he has got a lot of criticism in his Liverpool career.
"Sometimes these are the moments you need as a player, and for us as a team we need a goalkeeper in a moment like this.
"It was a big chance from [Marko] Arnautovic, when he could run in behind and immediately with his pass, the fantastic sliding of [Saido Berahino], and then this reaction, that's what you need to be successful, your goalkeeper to make saves like this.
"You can't expect it each week, but when he is doing it, then it's like scoring a goal."