Klopp: We lost our mind at Watford

The Reds were on the back foot instantly, reserve goalkeeper Adam Bogdan dropping the ball from a corner with his first touch and allowing Chelsea loanee Nathan Ake to stab in from close range.

After Jurgen Klopp watched his Liverpool side slump to a comprehensive 3-0 defeat by Watford on Sunday, salt was poured into the wound from an unlikely source – former Reds boss Roy Evans.

As I’ve proven with objective facts time and time again, Skrtel is Liverpool’s most effective defender over the last four years, and his loss is a blow for the team. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire. Watford’s Odion Ighalo celebrates scoring their third goal of the game past Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan (floor) during the Barclays Premier League match at Vicarage Road, Watford. “We didn’t play how we wanted to play, we played how they wanted us to play”.

“That is what we have to fill before the next game against Leicester”. Replays suggested he might have had two hands on the ball when Ake pounced, but nonetheless it was a poor error.

“I think Ighalo is clever”. Mistakes, fouls, refs, whatever, can happen.

“It was a bad start – and really not the best reaction to the start and not the best reaction to the goals”.

“Watford never gave us the space to play”.

After a heavy defeat away to Watford FC that left Jürgen Klopp’s side off the pace for Champions League qualification, Graeme Souness had harsh words for the majority of Liverpool’s squad. Emphatic wins over Chelsea, Manchester City and Southampton excited everyone connected to Liverpool but the last couple of weeks has brought everyone back to earth with a bump and a reality check as to where Liverpool are at. That was one part of what we can do.

“Some people may have been surprised by us, but when I walk out with this team every week, and we work hard for each other, run together and fight for every ball, so I’m not surprised any more – but we need to keep going like this”. I know how strong this team can be. They fought for everything and out-battled us.

The easy games, everybody wins.

“We didn’t do it and then a counter-attack decided the game”.

Strikers Divock Origi and Christian Benteke were forced to watch on from the bench, though neither man could alter the outcome when pitched into action.

“That’s the next problem”.

“With a little bit of wind you have to use the wind, you don’t play against the wind”. ‘From the very first minute, you can see the way we got the first goal. “It’s up to the player to change it”.

Klopp was named as Liverpool’s manager after the Merseyside outfit’s slow start to the Premier League season under Rodgers.

“It was a wrong time to concede”, he said.

“But I have to say that we made bigger faults than the ref today”.

Nigerian global Odion Ighalo scored twice as a buoyant Watford won 3-0 at home to Liverpool to consolidate seventh position in the Premier League, only one point behind the top four.