Liverpool crashed to a 2-0 defeat away at Burnley after having beaten Arsenal 4-3 in their opening match of the season.
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Klopp’s side never recovered from the second-minute goal by Sam Vokes and, when Andre Gray doubled the hosts’ advantage just before half-time, the visitors’ job was made even more hard as the Clarets put men behind the ball and conceded territory.
The goals were the only shots Burnley mustered on target during the match, but Liverpool failed to find a response despite dominating possession and Dyche feels the result justified his tactics.
The home fans were buoyant, revelling in the occasion as their side took part in a top-flight game while local rivals Blackburn and Accrington hosted Burton and Exeter respectively in the leagues below. The Wales global missed the first half of Burnley’s previous top-flight campaign with a knee injury which hampered his progress when he eventually came back but, after a confidence-boosting Euro 2016, the big frontman took Burnley’s first Premier League goal against Liverpool – and their first in the league in six matches – well.
“The first half was not good for growing self-confidence, we lost a little bit of our timing, patience, all that stuff”. It was not good.
Meanwhile, former Liverpool player Phil Babb tells us what went wrong for his old club as they were defeated 2-0 at Burnley. If being angry makes sense, I can be angry with you in a moment, especially when they are rubbish questions.
“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”. We have 36 left, that’s a big number. “Life is not over”, the German added.
“I will watch the game again and I am pretty sure I will not see a lot of surprises in this game, I saw everything”.
“We finished eighth last season. It might have been forced by the result and by the passion of the opponent, but it is how it is”.
Andre Gray (Burnley): He set up Sam Vokes for the first goal, and then was on hand to score the second for Burnley.
With all of that being said, it’s still early doors and there are kinks to work out – Klopp, who is no idiot, has admitted as much and there’s no reason to doubt that they’re being analysed thoroughly.
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“Possession has to lead to something and I don’t think they opened us up too many times”. “That myth came out a few years ago and Leicester proved it was a myth last year”.
