Jurgen Klopp vented his frustrations at Liverpool’s capitulation against Manchester City, suggesting there was “nothing good” about their efficiency.
The Reds struck first on the Etihad Stadium by way of Mohamed Salah however subsequently fell to a 4-1 defeat against Pep Guardiola’s champions within the Premier League.
Despite the absence of main goalscorer Erling Haaland by way of damage, the hosts dismantled their guests in ruthless vogue, with a trio of second-half objectives doing the harm.
The nature of Liverpool’s concessions after the break left their supervisor fuming at their show, ruing their incapacity to close down their opponents all through an important encounter.
“We just had to follow as they did whatever they wanted,” he informed BT Sport. “We have been fortunate they weren’t in a grasping temper. There is nothing good to say about this sport.
“This is a sport now we have to make use of, and clarify which issues can’t occur [going forward]. We can’t not have challenges in key areas, or be that open.
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“I stand here and have to explain it, but I cannot explain it. I cannot change it now, I can [only] report what I saw. We will talk about it tomorrow [but] these things happened too often.”
Having gone into the interval all sq. following Julian Alvarez’s equaliser, Kevin De Bruyne’s end lower than a minute into the second half set the tone for Liverpool’s collapse.
Further objectives for Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish meant the Reds missed the possibility to shut the five-point hole to fifth-place Newcastle, who’ve a sport in hand on them too.
Klopp was at a loss for his or her full reversal, telling BBC Match of the Day: “The first half was one we’ve seen a number of instances. We performed calm, composed and precipitated them issues.
“But coming out after half-time and conceding two quick goals broke everything down. How we conceded is difficult to accept. [It is] absolutely not acceptable to be honest.”
“City [were] completely in control after that. We were open and they could do whatever they wanted. That they only scored one more goal, it could’ve been different and that’s really bad news for us.”
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