Liverpool vs West Ham Klopp demands cool heads after more defensive woes

“It’s a shame that when (striker) Andy Carroll came on we were already in “save the point” mode and were limited to long balls forward”.

The Reds suffered just their second defeat of the season, after they were stunned by Bournemouth last week.

The way in which Liverpool’s defence were opened up against West Ham did not please Jurgen Klopp.

Liverpool were held to a frustrating 2-2 Premier League draw at Anfield by struggling West Ham United on Sunday.

The win helped United move to 24 points, just three short of Tottenham who sit in fifth place with 27 points.

“We have a couple of games we have to win that can get us into a more comfortable position”, said Bilic.

Liverpool were pushing for a victor as they sought to keep in touch with league leaders Chelsea. We did well but balance-wise not well enough, that is what we took from the last two games.

Liverpool are on a roll this season while West Ham are sliding down the table.

Liverpool hosted the Hammers to close this Sunday’s gameday in a very hard situation, as they were quite shorthanded with several injuries and they had the pressure of knowing that both Chelsea and Arsenal had earned the 3 points in their respective matchups, so they also had to win at home in order to keep the pace of their rivals. We did target him, we tried to pressure him and get as many shots at him as possible.

Adam Lallana and Divock Origi scored for Liverpool while Dimitri Payer and Michail Antonio got West Ham’s goals.

Boro have won two of their last three home games as they aim to re-establish themselves in the top flight after a seven year absence and can be encouraged by the fact Liverpool are without a win on their last seven visits, a run stretching back to 2002.

His men host 13th-placed Burnley on Wednesday followed by Hull City on December 17 and, after being mauled 5-1 by Arsenal at the London Stadium earlier in the month, badly need to pick up points against both teams on home turf.

“We had not a real formation for protection in these moments, ” he added.

City have a great manager, and brilliant individuals, so the bigger the gap we create the better. But in the first half, in particular, we showed that we can hurt them, we showed good quality on the ball as well.

It would take a fearless man to bet that Slaven Bilic will still be in his job come the turn of the year as West Ham are in dire straits and their last win seems so far away.