Swansea stun Liverpool 3-2

“I understand it is absolutely normal for people ask whether we should have brought players in”, Klopp told reporters.

Federico Fernande overcame the close marking of two Reds defenders to nod Sigurdsson’s corner kick down to Wayne Routledge, who trapped the ball with his back to goal and allowed Llorente to poke the ball in past a grounded Simon Mignolet. We were too passive and in the end there is a free player in our box. His goals and overall performance were most crucial in Swansea City’s unbelievable 3-2 win at Anfield earlier on Saturday. We had enough players around for the challenges but I saw no challenges [for Sigurdsson’s winner]. “That is a very important part of the game and it was very disappointing”.

Liverpool have now gone three Premier League games without a win in 2017 but don’t have any time to wallow in their latest defeat.

Jurgen Klopp’s charges failed to register a single effort on target in the opening 45 minutes, as the score remained goalless at the break. Our reaction was not good, we strolled back, we had just scored to make it 2-2 and we couldn’t switch back into a defensive mode. That was the biggest mistake in this situation.

It was the team’s first victory since head coach Paul Clement took over on 3 January following the sacking of Bob Bradley. It is ironic when you consider Jordan Henderson’s injury problems since the turn of the year and Emre Can’s unsuccessful attempts to cover for him. And when he came on, he played centre forward. “The Spaniard has been linked with a move away from the club, but they will need him to retain this kind of unplayable form if they want to stay in the division”, says ESPN. “However, it was the way this young talent seemed to run the show that impressed me”.

Despite having Philippe Coutinho back in the side – and ending the game with Divock Origi and Daniel Sturridge on the pitch – the Reds were short of attacking invention and strength in the absence of Sadio Mane, who is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal.

“I think the mindset of the group, certainly since I’ve been here, has been that anything is possible”, he said.

“I don’t look for luck but it’s obvious we didn’t have a lot today”.

Those numbers will only add to Clement’s satisfaction after an excellent tactical display and Olsson, who only joined from Norwich last week, revealed just how hard he had found the sessions under the guidance of Clement and head of physical performance Karl Halabi.