Klopp says title defence is over
BBC Sport
Liverpool's title defence is over, said manager Jurgen Klopp after his side's late capitulation at Leicester resulted in their fifth loss in seven games.
The Reds were 1-0 up with 12 minutes of the 90 remaining before a succession of errors saw them lose 3-1.
They are fourth, 13 points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
Klopp said: "I don't think we can close the gap. We are not worrying about the title; we are not silly."
"We have to win football games and big parts of the football were really good," said Klopp, whose side lost a third consecutive league game for the first time since November 2014.
"We scored a great goal but conceded a strange one and I think it's offside, and the [goal for] 2-1 is a misunderstanding. That had too big an impact on the game. We had to show a different reaction, and the third we gave away too easily."
"We have to avoid mistakes and misunderstandings. Today we didn't do that. The rest of the game was really good. First we have to perform again - results are massively related to the performance."
Liverpool's title defence is over, said manager Jurgen Klopp after his side's late capitulation at Leicester resulted in their fifth loss in seven games.
The Reds were 1-0 up with 12 minutes of the 90 remaining before a succession of errors saw them lose 3-1.
They are fourth, 13 points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a game in hand.
Klopp said: "I don't think we can close the gap. We are not worrying about the title; we are not silly."
"We have to win football games and big parts of the football were really good," said Klopp, whose side lost a third consecutive league game for the first time since November 2014.
"We scored a great goal but conceded a strange one and I think it's offside, and the [goal for] 2-1 is a misunderstanding. That had too big an impact on the game. We had to show a different reaction, and the third we gave away too easily."
"We have to avoid mistakes and misunderstandings. Today we didn't do that. The rest of the game was really good. First we have to perform again - results are massively related to the performance."
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