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Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said his team made “the wrong kind” of history by defeating Aston Villa in the Premier League.
Liverpool lost 7-2. He is the first title holder to concede seven goals in a league game, since Sunderland’s 7-1 victory over Arsenal in September 1953.
Ole Watkins scored a hat-trick, while Jack Grealish scored five goals, scoring two and scoring three, as Liverpool suffered their fourth Premier League defeat since January 2019.
Liverpool won its first title in 20 years last season, finishing the season 18 points ahead of its closest competitor, Manchester City.
Mohamed Salah scored both goals for Liverpool, but Aston Villa, led by coach Dean Smith, beat the defending champion at Villa Park.
“Who wants to lose 7-2?” Klopp told the BBC. “Years ago we told each other that we wanted to make history. That was history, but clearly not the wrong type.”
He added: “We had great chances that we didn’t take advantage of, but when you allowed seven goals to be scored on your goal, I’m not sure you can say that the result would have been 7-7.”
Klopp said: “We made a lot of mistakes, and obviously huge mistakes. It started with the first goal and around (the rest) we made big mistakes.”
“We lost balls in the wrong area and didn’t defend properly. It seemed like we had lost the ability to keep up after the score was 1-0. That’s not an excuse.”
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This is the first time Liverpool have conceded seven goals in a game, since 1963
“Usually you can be 1-0 late and do whatever you want. We were made but we didn’t protect ourselves adequately, so every ball we lost was a massive counterattack.”
Liverpool’s first goalkeeper Alison Baker missed the match due to a shoulder injury, as his substitute Adrian gave away Villa’s first goal.
Klopp revealed that the Brazilian baker will not return immediately after the international suspension.
“It’s going to be a long time. It seems like it will take a few weeks, but we’ll see,” Klopp said.
