Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has moved to play down the situation surrounding Daniel Sturridge after he was left on the bench at Tottenham Hotspur.
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Although Harry Kane struggled for impact, and was taken off in the second half, Pochettino pointed to how he did not score for 10 games last season then still won the golden boot.
But it was Liverpool who scored first, Milner beating Michel Vorm from the spot in the 43rd minute after Lamela had tripped Roberto Firmino in the box, as Spurs struggled to deal with Liverpool’s firepower.
Danny Rose’s late strike, squeezed between Simon Mignolet and the goalkeeper’s near post, drew Spurs level as both sides were forced to settle for a point going into the worldwide break.
It was an entertaining game of football at White Hart Lane with both sides creating many goal-scoring opportunities.
Having beaten Arsenal and then lost at Burnley, Klopp’s men have only four points after three games, but he felt their display against Spurs demonstrated they are on the right track. “We made one mistake in and around the goal for their goal”, Klopp said.
“We had chances and even one in the 92nd minute”.
“We played not well but better – we competed a lot, which is important so I am pleased.
Yes, I wish we would have won it but now we have to accept the point and that’s no problem because it’s Tottenham”. We were absolutely 100% more in this game compared to our first game here.
“It feels worst now than the last time we were here last season”.
“We played a very good away game against a very strong side. It’s a good team so hopefully we’ll choose different line-ups for different games”.
When the topic of discussion turned to the Sadio Mané goal that was disallowed for offside, it was mentioned to Klopp that Mané appeared to be onside.
“We will work on it but we are convinced he can play there, that’s why we haven’t signed another player in this position”.
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“We started very well and it’s true that we wanted play a little bit more long”, the Argentine told his postmatch news conference. In the second half we didn’t do enough.
