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Klopp not keen on league title talk

I have no idea, but I think it makes football much more enjoyable when you really feel this togetherness because we are often enough alone. “We have to prove it every day, and that’s our job”, Klopp added.

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Despite their tough start, Liverpool have already notched 11 goals, including four against both Arsenal and Leicester, and Lovren says the team is set-up to attack. It was put to the Liverpool manager that his side had faced the three most hard trips to London in their first five games of the season, and come away with seven points from those games, to make it 10 in total.

“We are a team who wants to play, who wants to win – we are not a team who will defend deep and await our chances”, 27-year-old Lovren told Liverpool website.

“It’s always the same speech (from Klopp), always positive”.

“The second half we controlled the game, nearly scored a second goal to draw and of course it is not a good night for us but we’ll keep fighting for the next games”.

Luiz made his first debut for Chelsea at home to the Reds in February 2011 – a game that ended in defeat for the Blues – and the Brazilian’s second debut against the same opposition on Friday night resulted in a similar result, a victory for Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

“We had the ball, so it’s about movement, playing football simply”.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was the man left grabbing thin air by Henderson’s strike, an effort he described to the Chelsea website as “world-class”.

Asked about his first goal of the season, Henderson said: “I was just thinking about protection, but there was a clearance and I just took a good touch at my feet and just tried to bend it in the far corner and thankfully it went in”.

Liverpool are back in training ahead of their EFL Cup clash with Derby on Tuesday night.

Chelsea began the season with a hat trick of wins but have since drawn at Swansea and were beaten at home by Liverpool on Friday.

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Chelsea’s players were being bypassed by the match, but they managed to plug some of the holes in their defence in the second half and in the 61st minute, Costa gave them a lifeline. They pressurised us and we couldn’t cope with it. I’ve always scored through the years, no matter who I’ve played for.

Dejan Lovren plays down Liverpool title ambitions