Watford 3-0 Liverpool

The Reds suffered their most harrowing loss since the German took over in October at the hands of newly-promoted Watford and the defeat reinforced the view the club needs fresh impetus.

He was particularly unhappy with the way Liverpool conceded goals, although reserved some criticism for a misfiring attack.

“After Southampton, everybody thought “wow”, and after Man City”. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Liverpool’s deputy keeper found himself in the starting eleven in Simon Mignolet’s wake, but his debut quickly turned to the stuff of nightmares three minutes into the match.

Deeney added: “He makes the run, so I don’t have to do a worldy pass. I just have to put it into the space because he’s so quick and strong you know he’ll give them trouble”.

None of Klopp’s players will have left the pitch feeling they had done themselves justice, a collective failure which was utterly baffling. We only have common problems. “That is what we have to fill before the next game against Leicester”. “Now we have to win the hard ones”.

“We made bigger faults than the ref but in my opinion he had both hands on the ball so it is a foul”, Klopp said. “That’s football. The reaction has to be better”.

‘I can remember what Troy said before the game – we don’t have to fear them because we are playing at home.

Liverpool nearly reduced the arrears moments after Ighalo’s miss through Jordan Henderson, but the 25-year-old’s strike was tipped over by an acrobatic Heurelho Gomes, who recorded a second successive clean sheet. Second match after that 2-2 goals drawn vs. West Bromwich and last 3-0 goals defeats by Watford.

We lost our mind after the first goal, we lost our compact formation after the first goal, we didn’t play easy, as we should have done.

“But if I catch the first one, it’s not a goal”.

But Flores is determined to ensure his players don’t rest on their laurels. I have confidence in these players. This is our one advantage, because the Premier League is very tough.

“It means that every single weekend you don’t know what happens against Manchester City, against Liverpool, against Chelsea, against Manchester United”.

The victory is its fourth in a row in the Premier League and leaves it only a point behind Tottenham in fourth, on 28.

Quique Sanchez Flores admits he never expected Watford to produce such a dominant display against Liverpool but says that is exactly why his admiration for the Hornets’ players continues to grow. I think that’s the situation. He will stay with Watford, Why? Klopp chose to replace him with Divock Origi which must have been a surprise to Christian Benteke, who was again warming the bench.

“We don’t feel good today of course”.