Witnessing the incompetence that the students showed in the defeat to Man City 1-4, coach Jurgen Klopp exclaimed: “If you play like that, you can’t win even if you accept”.
After the game, when asked about the controversy during the match, especially in the situation where Rodri pulled Gakpo down and faced a second yellow card, coach Jurgen Klopp said sarcastically: “Will he get a second yellow card? no? YES. Even if we did, I’m not sure we can beat 10 on their side.”
This is the most bitter comment about the decline of Liverpool compared to Man City . From causing many difficulties for the opponent in the last 2 seasons, now The Kop is just like a “underdog” team compared to Man City.
Klopp shared more about the poor performance of his students: “I don’t see the players playing well. In the first half, City always had more possession, but we were lucky. We played calmly and caused them many problems.
We scored a great goal, had another important moment but conceded. After the first half, Liverpool conceded two goals quickly and it broke all calculations. Two goals conceded, the way we conceded is unacceptable – we didn’t make it difficult for them either.
Honestly, that’s unacceptable. City were in full control from there and we opened up the box for them, so they could do whatever they wanted, we were lucky they weren’t greedy (scoring more goals).”
Closing this defeat, he wanted the players to get up quickly because after 3 days will be another big battle with Chelsea. “Being 4-1 here is tough, but in three days we’ll be playing against another strong team. So we want them to forget that defeat and focus on training.”
