Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said that Luis Suarez still had his best years ahead of him after his four goals inspired a 5-1 demolition of Norwich City at Anfield.
The Uruguay international needed just 35 first-half minutes to smash a spectacular hat-trick in Wednesday's game, with his third goal marking his 50th Premier League strike.
He added his fourth goal with a stunning 74th-minute free-kick as Liverpool rampaged back to form.
"This is the happiest Luis has been at this club," Rodgers said.
"But there is more to come from him. He is only 26 years old, but his best years are ahead of him and those best years are going to be here. Anfield is a hand-and-glove fit for him."
Suarez took his total for the season to 13 goals and proved there is life in Liverpool's challenge for a Champions League place without his injured strike partner Daniel Sturridge.
"Luis was sheer brilliance," Rodgers added.
"It was a joy for me to watch that. I think for anyone to witness that, they would say it was a remarkable evening. It was not just the fact he scored four goals, but it was the manner of those goals.
"He is undoubtedly a world-class player and I am sure it was a joy for Liverpool fans to watch," he said.
"But I am disappointed by how much space and time we gave him. If you give a player of his quality the space we gave him, then that is what they can do. I think we could have done more to stop him."
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