Jurgen Klopp was close to doing something 'he has never done' to his Liverpool team during Everton defeat

Jurgen Klopp has admitted he was close to doing something he's never done before during Liverpool's 2-0 defeat to rivals Everton.

Liverpool suffered a first Merseyside derby loss at Goodison Park since 2010 after goals from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

The Reds were not at the races whatsoever and the result represents a major blow to their Premier League title hopes.

Liverpool are now relying on slip ups from both Arsenal and Manchester City if they are to end Klopp's tenure with a second Premier League trophy.

Klopp is very rarely critical of his team but he came down hard after the latest showing, telling a press conference that he "hated our game" and that they "were not even close to what we want to be".

He went on to reveal that, for the first time ever, he nearly 'sang a song' in German to his players - referencing their lack of fight.

He admitted: "And again the game was just horrible to watch. In Germany when the crowd is not happy with the team and they think they are not fighting enough they sing a song 'Wir wollen euch kampfen sehen' - that translates into 'we want to see you fight.'

"I was close to singing that myself. Never has one of my teams heard that ever. Never. I never heard them say my team didn't fight because my team [always] went for it. And now...wow, how can that happen?"

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Liverpool now have four games remaining, with their latest fixture a trip to West Ham in the much-maligned 12:30 kick-off slot on Saturday.

They are two points behind City and three behind Arsenal, who are both in action on Sunday.

Klopp is desperate for a response from the group after two defeats in their last three league games.

"We think, the boys do as well, that we should do better," he added.

"And now we have to find a line-up, a way to do much better at West Ham. And if we can can do much better at West Ham than that last game then immediately we should be good enough to play a better game, a better game can be a really good game, and then we can beat West Ham - but only then."

Topics: Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool, Everton

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