But he said Wolves wouldn’t die wondering in the fourth round clash.
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“Now we go to Wembley”, Southampton manager Claude Puel said, “not just to participate, but to win this cup”. “I thought we could do better and obviously we couldn’t”.
“We’re disappointed with how we’re doing in the league and Europe didn’t go to plan either, so it’s nice to reward our fans and ourselves for the hard work we’ve put in by getting to a final”.
“We want to play as we have been doing recently and then see if we can get a result”.
Richard Stearman got the visitors off to a dream start when converting from a Helder Costa free kick just 53 seconds into the match – the earliest goal Liverpool have shipped on home soil since the turn of the century.
Sadio Mane will be back soon, Liverpool fans.
“We played a Championship team at Derby in the (League) cup and they had not a percentage of a chance”.
“That’s two situations that would have been enough – two penalties, [James] Milner [scores] and it’s 2-0 and we don’t talk about anything else”.
But the Reds boss was criticised by pundits, including England legend Gary Lineker and Liverpool great Mark Lawrenson, for his team selection and he accepted the blame.
Southampton’s victory continued a remarkable run that has seen it shut out Crystal Palace, Sunderland, Arsenal and now Liverpool, the Premier League’s top scorers.
Stephen Ward poked the ball past Pepe Reina to give Wolves their first win over Liverpool since 1984, which was also at Anfield.
Linker, though, questioned Klopp’s team selection after their shock FA Cup exit.
Southampton will now take on the victor of Thursday’s game between Hull City and Manchester United.
The fact is, though, it was not the younger players who let their manager down on this occasion but the more experienced heads around them.
“In one of the biggest games against Man United (a fortnight ago) he (Antonio Valencia) was two or three yards offside (for Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s equaliser) and no one really speaks about it”, he added.
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Lucas Perez should be guaranteed a role in the weekend’s match-up also, but players like Jeff Reine-Adelaide, Ashley Maitland-Niles and Rob Holding may well have to start the game from the bench.
