Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has produced yet another post match interview packed full of complaints after his side’s dismal defeat against Manchester United.
Klopp’s men were comprehensively outfought by Erik ten Hag’s rejuvenated United side as goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford secured a 2-1 win for the Old Trafford club.
Mohamed Salah was the scorer for Liverpool in the 81st minute but their attempted late fight back was to no avail.
In recent times, Klopp has been attracting criticism from rival fans and pundits for his post match interviews, with many believing that the German is developing quite a habit of complaining. And he was at it again on Monday night.
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The Liverpool boss eluded to his team’s mounting injury list, VAR’s decision to judge Rashford onside for the second goal and he even made a bold claim that his side should have won the match.
He did however admit that his team were not as aggressive as their opponents.
Klopp said on Sky Sports: “They were really aggressive in the beginning, it was clear what will happen. They were more aggressive than us and they hit the post early on.
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“They scored the goal and we took over and played the game we wanted to play. We were unlucky with situations against an opponent like United, it would have been helpful to score and go 1-1 at half time.
“The second goal does not help then it was a hectic game after our goal, definitely not the result we wanted.”
Klopp went on to describe that both of United’s goals were ‘hard to take’.
He continued: “It was not a perfect performance, it was clear United would get out of the blocks but we were not 100% ready.
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“We had to keep chasing the game and that is not what you want to do. It makes it difficult with their counter-attacking threat. Both goals were hard to take – the second one especially, which was close to being offside, but then it was onside. But we have to work with it.
“We are in a tricky situation injury wise, we got through the week with 14, 15 senior players available and now have to make sure they don’t get injured. We should have won this game, I know it sounds ridiculous but that is how I saw it.”
It was reported by The Athletic’s Laurie Whitwell that Klopp said Liverpool lost because time ran out in a separate interview
He said: “We are really in the game, then we concede the second. We lost 2-1 because time ran out. The watch ran down without any football.”
A really poor start for the Reds, worrying times ahead for Liverpool fans.
Topics: Jurgen Klopp, Manchester United, Liverpool
Marcus Chan