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Jurgen Klopp bemoans defensive mistakes
“We lost the ball on the left side, yellow flag”.
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Klopp is not one to hide behind bad luck or questionable refereeing decisions – “that’s football” he usually says – because once an incident has taken place it’s over and it’s time to respond, to react in the right way.
The 67-year-old has explained his new year resolution is to be present when the Reds finally lift the Premier League title.
Klopp has repeatedly stated that he doesn’t expect to do much transfer business in January, but he might want to rethink that. In the decisive moments we were there, but we were not there 100 percent.
“In a game like this where you see you can be better, you have to be better”.
In the second, West Ham immediately went defensive and it was one way traffic.
“I saw in the eyes of my players that they thought it was a foul but, if there’s no whistle, you have to defend”.
“I said to Andy after the game that he not only scored a handsome goal but he also played fantastic today”.
Liverpool were all over West Ham at the start of the second half and Benteke sliced wide a good chance before the home side doubled their lead against the run of play.
“That’s not pressing, that’s something”.
That miss appeared even more costly when Carroll found the net against his former club five minutes later, rising above Clyne to direct a downward header from Mark Noble’s cross into the bottom-right corner.
“Each game you want to win and score goals, it doesn’t matter if it is against a side you have played for”, Carroll told BT Sport.
“It’s our responsibility. I told the players immediately after the game: summary – not enough”.
Liverpool can’t defend set pieces during Rodgers tenure and under Jurgen Klopp the crack is still evident for all to see.
The Hammers also welcomed back Dimitri Payet, who as a second half substitute offered several reminders of the quality West Ham were missing during his two-month absence. Then came the moment Big Andy Carroll was waiting for.
It was a poor display from an average Liverpool team.
Liverpool pressed on into the last minutes of the first half with attempts from Moreno and Can denied by the defence and the crossbar.
Carroll, who remains Liverpool’s record signing when he joined the Anfield club for 35 million pounds ($51.6 million) in 2011, nearly made it 3-0 when he had another header saved by Liverpool keeper Simon Mignolet.
“He was in the team, but he was too late in the meeting”, Koeman said in comments published on Southampton’s official Twitter account.
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Attack-wise as well, there was no incision from the Liverpool players and surely, the management would have known before the match that West Ham have a very organised back-line.