Despite the fact it was a rare error from Nathaniel Clyne and poor defending from Klavan and Lovren that led to the two Burnley goals, the media has continued to place focus on the left-back position.
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Klopp was not impressed with the display at Turf Moor but is keen for his side to move on from the loss, and put in a strong cup performance. I lost, unfortunately, a few games in my life and I think I should accept that I will lose one or two games in the future, too.
Having scored 12 goals in five matches so far this campaign, Nigel Clough’s team will certainly fancy their chances of providing more headaches for the shaky visiting backline.
Nevertheless, with 36 games to go in the Premier League, this is hardly the time to start panicking as he evidently knows where the mistakes were made and will undoubtedly work meticulously with his players to ensure that they avoiding making them again in the weeks ahead.
“We had six or seven times when Phil (Coutinho) was alone to shoot and then we passed and were in the box and lost the ball”. “Losing games are never off-days, but of course we have to take it”, he said. It is information I did not want – but I knew it before. They know it already, that this is not the pass we want to play.
But the £25 million summer signing explained that they struggled because they “play differently” to Arsenal, whom they had beaten in their opening game the previous weekend, declaring that Burnley play “with lots of long balls” and by constantly “trying to win the second ball”.
“We have another day, today is not the highest intensity of training – it’s not possible”. The first game was very good from this point and the second not – so what’s the truth now?
[We learned] different things from these two games.
“Still it does not feel good”.
He continued: ‘I thought actually after 75 minutes that Burnley would vomit on the pitch, but they didn’t. The first goal was too early and, the kind of [goal], you don’t need. You have to take the knocks sometimes but, of course, nobody wanted it in this moment.
Most of the movement exhibited by the Liverpool team was in and around the Burnley penalty box but there was not enough of penetration and that was a similar story for Wijnaldum as well. But in the end you have to make the decision yourself.
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“The word you use in England is “clinical” – I saw we were clinical but even then we didn’t score”.
