However, he found the net twice in the EFL Cup in midweek.
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The Reds dominated the first half but led by only one goal – a James Milner penalty – at the break.
“I picked him – last 10 minutes”, Klopp told BBC Match of the Day. This showed against what we can do, how we can play.
“Then when you see when it was still 1-0, we needed someone to come on for the counter-attack, that’s Divock [Origi] and unfortunately even though he was running we didn’t find him”.
He admitted that they “have to accept it” because equally Alderweireld’s header going in would have made it “the same game but with two goals for Tottenham” and instead chose to focus on the positives.
Liverpool thought they had wrapped-up the three points when Sadio Mane scored from close range only for the goal to be ruled out as Adam Lallana was marginally offside in the build-up.
His counterpart Jurgen Klopp also felt that there were positives for his team.
“If you want to give it, you give it”. There were three, four times where it was not to our advantage, that’s not too nice. The goal was perfectly played.
“I read something the manager said after the Arsenal game. I fell for Klopp – hook, line and sinker”.
Jurgen Klopp returns to the scene of his very first match for Liverpool this weekend as the Reds make their second trip of the season to north London. “We played well first half”.
“But then we had the problem with Walker and we had to take more risks in the second half”. “It was not only about pressing and things like this, although we did it really well”.
“I think if we went 2-0 up it’s a different result”. We had the ball a lot.
“It’s a good point”.
“They are a good defensive team so it’s very hard to create one chance, but we had a few”.
With Alberto Moreno appearing set to remain out of favour, Milner is happy to put his famed versatility forward for the Liverpool cause.
“Of course he still has to adapt and learn a little bit, because he has 500 games (of experience), but not in this position”.
Erik Lamela and Christian Eriksen will play supporting roles to Harry Kane, who starts further up the pitch today.
“I am a Liverpool player and what the manager asks me to do I will do. It takes smart, intelligent people to play if different positions”.
“For us, everything could have been better, but it could have been worse”.
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“We should be more clinical”.
