Klopp claims Watford opener should have been disallowed

Liverpool entered the game with the confidence to win or at least pull a draw, with Reds manager saying they are not going to Vicarage to applaud Quique Sánchez Flores and his side.

Igahalo doubled the lead Watford after getting on a long pass from Troy Deeney to squeeze a shot from a tight angle, off the base of the far post. “There was a big space between what we wanted to do and what you saw and that’s what we have to fill before the next game against Leicester. Today, we have to accept the result, we have to keep on working and play better football”.

Klopp said his players failed to respond to the early mistake from Bogdan, which set the tone for a chastening afternoon: ‘We lost our minds after the first goal, we lost our compact formation, we didn’t play easy when we should have, ‘ said the German.

FC’s Alexis Nunes breaks down Watford’s comprehensive 3-0 victory over Liverpool at Vicarage Road.

“From the meetings I have had with the owners, we have not talked about the possibility of these players leaving in the middle of the season”. But that’s one part of what we can do. “I think he’ll finish the season with Watford, after that anybody knows”, Sanchez added.

Liverpool’s performance was comically bad at times and ranked as the heaviest loss of Klopp’s two months in charge.

The goalkeeper later told Liverpoolfc.com: “It’s not easy to recover after a goal like that in the first couple of minutes”. However, faced with a strong Watford side, Jurgen Klopp’s side wilted under pressure as the Hornets ran riot on the day.

“We are a motivated team and I’m happy we got the win and I’m happy to get the goals but it was really a good team performance”.

“But we have incredible strikers and we have chances to score in every game because we create attempts”.

Watford who is seventh on the table with 28 points returned to the English top flight this season.

“The teams they inherited weren’t able to cope physically with the Premier League – and this Liverpool team isn’t”.

“The frustration is we have to work so hard for our goals, but we concede them at the other end so cheaply”, said Aldridge.