Jurgen Klopp lamented the lack of vanguard after Manchester City beat Liverpool 4-0 at Etihad.
The Reds received their second-strongest loss of Klopp’s nearly five-year reign on Thursday night, a week after being crowned Premier League champions.
Klopp says the result is proof that the 20-point gap between the sides does not reflect the quality of the respective squads, as he spoke about the lack of sharpness against the goal for a team that was officially confirmed as title winners ago. eight days.
“If someone thought before that game that the quality gap between Liverpool and Manchester City is 20 or 23 points, then I can’t help these people,” said Klopp. “This is how it is.
“Soccer is not about that, soccer is about winning games and we did it in an impressive way to be honest. I saw almost every game in the City and even the games they lost were good. Amazing.”
“That’s the truth, it’s not that they haven’t acted or whatever, it’s just the opponent scored and tonight that was the case. We had our chances tonight and we usually get the most out of them most of the time, but Tonight we didn’t do it at all.
“So we awarded a penalty and he was completely happy with the start of the game to be honest. We were there, we put pressure on them and we felt comfortable. Both teams pushed high and tried to play soccer, when do we see that? I don’t see that much .
“That was good, but in the decisive moments, City got better tonight. We can’t change that.”
With the title wrapped in record time after just 31 games, the Klopp team is still on the quest to beat City’s 100 points in 2018.
But Klopp agrees that the Reds will need improvement if they are to score 15 points from the last six games this season.
He added: “It is [a motivating factor] but we cannot force that. To get there we have to win soccer games. And we didn’t do that tonight.
“First of all, we have to be ready for Aston Villa and the result of the points at the end of the season is the result. We talk about football and sometimes you cannot force it. We have to accept it.”
“We use these kinds of situations very often, but not tonight. Our problems were sorted out a bit tonight.”
“A penalty and two throw-ins with all the quality they have, they scored in these situations and in counterattacks, and if you are not perfect you will be punished.”
“Results matter a lot, but I’m not just looking for results, that’s true. We want to win and that is the only reason we enter training camp, the only reason we go to matches outside is to win matches soccer”.
“We were fighting, we were running and we did everything we could tonight. Was it perfect? No. But that happens every once in a while.”
“The only problem is that if you’re not perfect against Manchester City, you lose. It’s not that good, but that’s it.”
“It was a challenge coming here. It’s a difficult place to reach regardless of our situation, winning the league, relegation, whatever. But we showed that we can cause trouble with the City tonight.”
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