Liverpool suffers a lot at the level of injuries, but this does not justify the team’s poor start to the matches recently, which made it content with only two points from the first 3 meetings in the competition.
“They were really aggressive at the beginning, it was clear what was going to happen, they were more aggressive than us and they hit the post early,” Klopp told Sky Sports after the match. In situations against an opponent like United, it was useful to score and draw 1-1 in the first half.”
He added: “The second goal did not help, then it was a frantic match after our goal, and certainly not the result we wanted, when we calmed down, we had a lot of shots in the away game at United. We have to take advantage of more of these moments, in the second half David Dee If you score, the match will turn, and then we didn’t have enough time or strength at the end.”
He continued: “When you fight in a match like this, these players talk to each other, but on the pitch, it was a different conversation, it wasn’t a perfect performance. It was clear that United would come out of their hole, but we were not 100% ready.”
He continued: “We had to keep chasing and that’s not what you want to do, that makes it difficult with them threatening to counterattack, the second goal is hard to accept, it was offside, but we have to work with the decision.”
He concluded: “We are in a difficult situation in terms of injuries, we have gone through the week with 14 or 15 great players available, and now we have to make sure that they do not get injured, we should have won this game, I know it seems ridiculous but this is how I saw it, I am worried About our situation, but that’s how it is, we are preparing for Bournemouth and Newcastle now.”
