Klopp says Liverpool 'lucky' despite conceding 4 goals against Man City

Jurgen Klopp

Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp believes his team should have conceded more goals against Manchester City but Pep’s boys were not in a greedy mood.

The Reds went ahead at the Etihad Stadium through Mohamed Salah in the 17th minute but goals from Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, and Jack Grealish gave the home side all three points in an emphatic victory for City.

Liverpool had gone into the game at the Etihad hoping to boost their chances of finishing in the Premier League top four. Salah got them off to the perfect start, with the Egypt international powering his side ahead after some good work from Diogo Jota.

Unfortunately for Liverpool, that was as good as it was going to get. City leveled through Alvarez, with the Argentina international bagging in the absence of the injured Erling Haaland – who celebrated wildly in the stands.

And goals from De Bruyne, Gundogan, and the majestic Grealish then proceeded to give the home side a crucial win.

Klopp was asked about the defeat after the game and slammed the way his players performed as they succumbed to yet another loss.

“I think we saw what we expected in the first half, a dominant City side with us organised, had our moments,” he told BT Sport.

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“If we don’t defend the double six we have a real problem. If we don’t defend the double 10 – Gundogan and De Bruyne – then it is pretty much impossible because the pitch becomes too big.

“We concede this first goal with I think an open ball in midfield where we don’t even have a challenge then we are too deep and the counter-attack happens, great play. 2-1.

“3-1 we have a massive overload on one side, should win the ball but don’t even have a challenge.

“These kind of things cannot happen. But they happened and after that… wow! We just had to follow as they did whatever they wanted. We were lucky they weren’t in a greedy mood.

“About from that, there is nothing good top say about this game. This is a game we have to use unfortunately and make clear which things cannot happen.

“We cannot not have challenges in key areas or be that open. Now I stand here and have to explain it but I cannot explain it.

“I cannot change it now, here, I can just report what I saw and we will talk about it tomorrow. These things happened too often.”

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