Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool would have beaten Man Utd if they had played ‘a little bit better’ at Old Trafford | Football news

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said if his side played “a little bit better”, they would beat Manchester United on Monday Night Football.

Klopp defended his side’s performance despite their first defeat at Old Trafford since March 2018, insisting Liverpool “played the game we wanted to play” after Jadon’s 16th-minute opener Sancho.

That assessment is given despite a defensive performance labeled “shameful” by Jamie Carragher and the result left Liverpool without a win in their opening three league games for the first time in a decade, with the Red Devils sometimes blown away by United’s intensity and activity.

Klopp said Sports sky: “They were very aggressive in the beginning, which is quite obvious. The fact is that if we were really ready, and from the very beginning they were more aggressive than us, they would have hit the pole. vertical and it was a heated match.

“Then they score the winning goal, and we take over, and play the game we want to play, more or less.

“We were unlucky with situations, especially around set-pieces. I don’t know how a ball doesn’t go into the net, in a game like this against an opponent. Like United, it would be helpful if we could score in that moment and draw 1-1 in the first half.

“To get past the second didn’t help, and then we scored and then it was a busy game with a lot of interruptions – and not the result we wanted.

“Maybe they were [sharper], which of course wasn’t true but when we calmed down we were there. We had a lot of shots for a United away game, we should have used more of these moments if we were to do that.

“Even with our situation, but playing a little bit better, if we had believed a little bit more in what we do, we would have won this game. I know that sounds pointless. makes sense, but that’s how I see it.”

Liverpool are again without a number of players in the main squad with Thiago, Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate all absent and Fabinho just sitting on the bench in the Reds’ biggest game of the season so far.

Klopp has previously said he has no plans to enter the transfer market for reinforcements but after the defeat at Old Trafford cost Liverpool two points from their first three games, he admitted his concerns about injury lists and their results.

“Obviously we’re in a tough situation because of injuries, we go through a week with 14-15 senior players available, we have to make sure none of them get injured because they’re out. any real choice anymore,” he added.

“I’m worried about our situation, it’s not easy at the moment but that’s the way. We prepare now for Bournemouth, Newcastle and Everton – that’s it. We can play better, We know it, but we’ve had a lot of good moments and performances today.

“From tomorrow, we will fight it.”

Carra: Teams conceding Liverpool too often

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher told Monday Night Football His former side deserved nothing from the game at Old Trafford, and points to a broader problem, which has now seen the Reds concede their first goal in every seven Premier League games. Their closest League.

“Liverpool didn’t deserve to win this game,” he said. “If they equalized 2-2 at the end that would be a great point, but it wouldn’t look like stadium justice.

“Sometimes we look at the stats and look at them and use them a lot, if you look at them tonight without watching the game, you’d think Liverpool dominated Manchester United. I don’t feel that way. see it when watching it.

“When a team goes 1-0 up or 2-0, they’ll leave and say come and knock us out, especially against Liverpool because you know at this point they’re in trouble. problem when dividing the team and you can always have them counter-attack.

“That’s a big problem for Liverpool at the moment, a team that often has to overcome. Even if Liverpool hold the game tonight, I still feel Man Utd is more dangerous.”

“Liverpool didn’t deserve anything from the game.”