‘Really angry’ Klopp: We deserved to lose

“It is a great achievement to beat Liverpool twice, everyone is buzzing”. Twice, Nathaniel Clyne was left exposed at the back post. It was as predictable as it was disappointing.

“First goal, we didn’t defend the cross”.

However, Sturridge, who hasn’t played since making a substitute appearance in Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat at Newcastle on December 6, suffered another setback in training which will further delay his return. That’s what makes me angry. And Carroll could have piled on the misery with another header from Cresswell’s cross, but Mignolet made a fine save.

“To talk about the Euros is wrong for him”, Bilic told reporters. We had to avoid the cross.

“But for the rest of the game we had the ball, we passed it, we were around the box and we didn’t shoot or pass in the right moment, we did not have consistency in our crosses and things like this”. They destroyed Liverpool at Anfield in the early part of the season winning 3-0 at Anfield when they were playing high level game and overcame several other big oppositions as well.

“We defended well because you have to”.

Football analyst and former Ireland and Chelsea defender Paddy Mulligan was thoroughly unimpressed by a number of Reds players – and not just based on Saturday’s game. “Foul or no foul, it’s our fault”. To keep a clean sheet at home to Liverpool is brilliant for the fans and it’s a brilliant start to the New Year.

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“Everybody’s sore”, Klopp said.

“The tendon in the foot is painful but it is good and we hope when the blood is out of the foot the situation will be solved”, Klopp said. If you fight but not at 100%, 95% is not enough.

The consensus is that he simply does not care and work hard enough, one articulated by Sam Allardyce, who managed Carroll at St James’ Park and brought him to West Ham after his £35m transfer to Liverpool had turned sour, in his recent autobiography.

“Any game we play we want to win”.

It was classic Carroll, a leaping, expertly-delivered header on 55 minutes and, following Michail Antonio’s impressive header after only 10 minutes of the contest, sealed a fully-deserved win for Slaven Bilic’s men.

“You can not control balls like this, but that’s how it was”. You’ll never find me three days after a win, drunk in a hedge and still celebrating.

“It’s my responsibility. I’m angry about myself today”.

Liverpool gained some impetus after the stoppage and finished the first half in a positive manner, with Emre Can shooting against the bar after good build-up play from Ibe and Roberto Firmino in first-half injury time.

That, though, is becoming too regular an occurrence.