Simon hoping success against United is just the start

Leading 2-0 after a fine performance in the first leg at Anfield, the Reds were again impressive as they held Louis van Gaal's team to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford on Thursday evening to secure progression to the competition's quarter-finals.

Having already clocked up some memorable results since his appointment, Klopp now has a win in the first-ever European meeting between English football's two most successful clubs to add to his record.

Mignolet is certain the result is only the beginning for the charismatic German at Anfield.

When asked if this could be the start of a big period for the club, the goalkeeper replied: "Let's hope so. I think we've had a few positive things this year and we could have done a few things better as well.

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"We played a final for the League Cup, we're still featuring now in Europe, and the Premier League is open to fight for as well.

"There are many games to play until the end of the season so we don't want to look back over our shoulder to see what's been, we want to look to the future and we'll try to do our best in every single game until the end of the season and we'll see what that brings.

"Ever since the gaffer came in there's been a positive vibe around the club. I think now, after a while, everybody is starting to see the positive signs of what he brings.

"This year we played really well against top teams from the start of the season until now, both in Europe and England. But the main thing is that we have to try to be a bit more consistent when we play the other teams."

United's tails were up approaching the break at Old Trafford after Anthony Martial's penalty had put them within one goal of levelling the tie on aggregate.

But Liverpool were rewarded for a positive approach, which Mignolet says came from the manager, as Philippe Coutinho netted an away goal on the stroke of half-time that all but ended the hosts' hopes.

"We only spoke about trying to win the game because that's what we always do for every single game, make a plan to see what we can do in the best possible way," he added.

"[We assess] the strengths and weaknesses of the opponents and how we can make a plan to try to win every fixture because we as Liverpool have to [approach] every game with the idea of trying to win and beat the opponent.

"It was the same thing [at Old Trafford]. We're very pleased. We wanted to win the game, that didn't happen, but a 1-1 draw was more than enough to go through to the next round because of the way we played at home at Anfield the week before.

"We put in a good performance again at Old Trafford. I think the first 20 minutes you have to accept that they'll put pressure on you and try to create chances, which is normal. They knew they had to score a goal.

"I think we responded well and then Phil scores a goal at the perfect time, just before half-time, which made it a bit easier and we controlled the game in the second half."

The Reds are now unbeaten over the course of 90 minutes since losing to Leicester City in early February, with an extra-time defeat by West Ham United in the FA Cup and a penalty shootout loss to Manchester City in the Capital One Cup final the only blots on their copybook.

But, ever the professional, Mignolet steered clear of making any outlandish predictions about the possibility of a lengthy run of good results.

"We don't want to look too far ahead," he insisted.

"Like I said, we just want to try to win every game until the end of the season and take it step by step rather than looking ahead to what we can do or where we can end up.

"Let's just focus on the next game and try to do the job, like we did [against United], and move forward to the next game."