Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe says he feels 'like a new player' as he adapts to life under Jurgen Klopp.
The former Borussia Dortmund coach has set about restoring the players self belief as he gets used to life on Merseyside and the 3-1 win at Chelsea shows the new approach is working, according to Ibe.
He told the Liverpool website: "It was one of the most important things the new manager has said - we need to be a team who can be 2-0 down and know there is still time for us to get a goal.
"It could be in the last 10 minutes, so it's just about having a mentality that is like 'it's now up to us to go and get two goals - and then a third one'.
"It was great for the team to come back from 1-0 down because it is difficult to do that and beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. It was great.
"There is a lot of learning in training. There are times when we are watching and he is explaining something. We have quite a few meetings where he shows us things on video from previous games. It's great to learn and I'm enjoying it."
Ibe came off the bench at Stamford Bridge on Saturday and was involved in the build up to Christian Benteke's goal.
He said: "With the new manager, everything is fresh. I feel like a new player and it's for me to keep improving and trying to stand out in training. I feel good - the whole team are feeling great and fresh.
"We've won two games now, so it's still new. We just need to win a few more now and I am sure that mentality and confidence will come where we think, 'We can go there and beat them.'"
Gary Neville talks about an important late win for Manchester City over Norwich
Gary Neville believes that Manchester City's win over Norwich was their 'get out of jail' game for the season.
Speaking on Monday Night Football, the Sky Sports pundit said that Joe Hart would have been hugely relieved after his error led to the Norwich equaliser in the final 10 minutes of Saturday's Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium.
However, another mistake, this time from Canaries goalkeeper John Ruddy, allowed the home side the chance to retake the lead from the penalty spot, with Yaya Toure duly converting from 12 yards.
"Two big goalkeeping errors and Yaya [with the penalty], it was a huge moment because you will drop points at some point in the season when you're going for the title," Neville said.
"At the moment, City look strong, Arsenal look strong... From City's point of view, you always have one of those 'get out of jail' games where you go 'phew, we got away with one there' and I think that was their game on Saturday.
"It's one of those days where you expected City to do more.
"Joe Hart makes a right mess of it and he'll be the happiest man in Manchester on Saturday afternoon because with a few to go, you're thinking 'oh my god, I've just cost my team two points' and John Ruddy has done him a huge favour at the other end - an equally bad mistake."
Frank Lampard, who was a guest on MNF, believes that Manuel Pellegrini's side now have to be considered favourites following Chelsea's poor start to the season.
"At the start of the season, I'd have put them and Chelsea as favourites. Obviously it's going to be too big an ask for Chelsea now, and Arsenal are the other ones I'd probably put as favourites," he said.
"But City do have the strongest squad and with Aguero and Silva coming back at some stage, they're the team to beat."
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