I understand that Arsenal was not a ideal game – we scored four so obviously we can score goals, but we conceded three so obviously we have a defensive problem.
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And he expects valuable lessons to be learned by the Reds from a game that has served as something of an early wake-up call. Let us know by dropping a comment below via our Facebook comment box. But it’s not a defending problem, it’s an offensive problem. We should be ready in our development and these mistakes shouldn’t happen anymore, but our training drills did not include us playing the ball at the wrong time to the opponent.
“It was a hard game for us, we passed the ball, lost the ball at the wrong moments”. The first game (against Arsenal) was very good, the second game not, so what’s the truth now? The former Borussia Dortmund manager has been urged to buy a new left-back to replace Alberto Moreno, who has been found wanting on a number of occasions, but chose to deploy the England worldwide, who is primarily a midfielder.
“I want to offer a honest and unreserved apology to anybody I may have offended in relation to these tweets”, he said. I knew it before.
“I saw crosses – really good crosses – when nobody was in the box”.
Burnley had one corner and Liverpool had 12, even if one of those – from Adam Lallana – was one of the worst from a Liverpool player in the last couple of years.
By contrast, Sean Dyche’s sturdy side needed just two shots to score two goals – taking advantage of lapses of Liverpool’s concentration to secure their first win against the club since 1974 at Turf Moor. We lost the ball in the wrong moments, in open moments, counter-attack and counter-pressing.
“It’s not that we didn’t want it – six or seven times Phil [Coutinho] alone was in the right position to shoot”.
The German also insisted that he has no need to be angry with his players when cool analysis of the moments that cost them against the Clarets is needed.
“It’s good that in football that you have the chance to show in the next game”, he added.
“[Possession] is what we did well”, Klopp said.
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“We could have done much better”. But it’s our job to get the result which we deserve.
