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Publication date: Sunday, September 13, 2020 7:18 AM
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted that his team’s full-backs were to blame for Leeds’ first goal at Anfield in Saturday’s 4-3 thriller.
Liverpool took the lead three times before the break, only for Leeds to repeat them each time.
However, at the end of the second half, the Reds finally killed their impressive opponents. Mohamed Salah’s second penalty of the night gave him a hat-trick on the first weekend of the season.
While Liverpool looked strong in attack at all times, their defense looked shaky. Virgil van Dijk had several bad moments and Klopp highlighted the roles of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson in Jack Harrison’s first draw.
“I didn’t see myself fighting defensively, but the way they play you can’t defend 100 percent of the time,” Klopp said.
“But for the first goal, both full-backs went deeper than the center-backs and that should never happen in football.
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“The second goal was a misunderstanding between Virgil and Ali [Alisson Becker] and I don’t think we see these situations very often.
“The third we switched to Hendo [Jordan Henderson] not long before and our line-up was moving and we didn’t close a gap and again to use a situation like that you need the game plan and the bravery from Leeds. “
The german coach He added: “I don’t think the scorer was a forward, he just showed up and finished it off brilliantly. We let it go and the midfielders could have done it differently. It is not an excuse, it is just an explanation.
“The bottom line played for England, Holland and Scotland four days ago, all the best teams but different ways to defend, and if things are not resolved early in the preseason, the defense is not riding a bike, so there is room for improvement “.
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Klopp added while talking to Sky sports: “What game, what opponent, what performance from both teams. A real show, I loved it.
“It is quite rare to see so many goals in a match. We have left room to improve our defense, but that is not unusual for a first game. Our players have played for their countries a few days ago so it is possible.
“The opponent forced us to make mistakes, we can do better, we will do better. But I really liked the game against a passionate and well-organized team like Leeds.
“We used our skills to cause problems for them, we could have scored more and in the end we used set pieces, which is fine by me.”
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