It was a brave performance in a game against a counter-attacking monster, which they are, and that makes it even more special. Now we go home and then we come back in a few hours to play West Ham. Both sides had goals disallowed following VAR reviews - Son Heung-min in the opening minutes for the hosts, and Mohamed Salah soon after Hojbjerg’s strike for the visitors - but the Reds were the dominant force throughout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. We are still here, so that’s good to know. Speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of tonight’s game, Klopp confirmed to Liverpoolfc.com that none of his other injury absentees will … We just kept going, we had a big, big chance very early with wonderful play and Sadio in a really good position missed the chance. Although Mourinho told the BBC that Kane would be ruled out "for a few weeks", he subsequently added in his post-match press conference: "You know, for Harry to leave a … We have to avoid mistakes, we have to avoid misunderstandings. Developed and maintained by the LFC Technology and Transformation Team. I can’t believe it, but yes.’, Glen Johnson predicts which member of key Liverpool trio will leave this summer, Georginio Wijnaldum sets target for Liverpool ahead of Premier League run-in, Dimitar Berbatov's Premier League predictions including Arsenal vs Tottenham. We thought the whole time, we think the whole time, it’s about doing the right thing. For tonight, it was really good. ‘We have on Tuesday [against RB Leipzig in the Champions League] a tough game and then on Saturday I think again a derby [against Everton] so these are the things we are thinking about. ‘We cannot avoid mistakes of VAR or stuff like this, but all the rest – that is in our hands – we have to avoid. 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Liverpool fans and pundits have been sending positive messages to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp over the past 24 hours ... doing press conferences or post match interviews. Like today, a pre-match press conference, I think everything we say you can follow word-by-word because we are calm, no pressure, no adrenaline, but after matches is not easy for us.’ Advertisement That was a proper, proper performance. This situation in mind like that, the counter-attack when Son ‘scored’, makes it really tricky to keep the ball and pass the ball in the right moment because in a specific moment you have to increase the risk and we did that tonight. All rights reserved. The reigning champions took a deserved lead at the King Power Stadium but imploded in seven second-half minutes, defending badly, conceding three sloppy goals and making some atrocious mistakes at the back. Today, in two situations, we didn’t do that. Jürgen Klopp revelled in Liverpool's performance but confirmed Joel Matip sustained an ankle ligament injury during Thursday's 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. On the nature of the defeat against Leicester, Klopp continued: ‘We have to win football games and big parts of our football today was again really, really good. The champions returned to winning ways in impressive fashion in the capital, as goals either side of half-time from Roberto Firmino and Trent Alexander-Arnold were added to by Sadio Mane after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had pulled one back for Spurs. Liverpool remain 10 points adrift of leaders Manchester City – who now have two games in hand – and Klopp feels the gap is too big, conceding that the Merseysiders are no longer in the title race. Read on for a transcript of Klopp’s post-match press conference…, 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 ✊🔴 https://t.co/zAMSspthsN, On what clicked in Liverpool’s performance…. The situation with Thiago was not easy: he came to Liverpool late, then ill, then injured, then playing immediately in a very decisive position. I think pretty much the next situation, if I’m right, was the goal Tottenham ‘scored’ - that was the moment when you think, ‘Oh, here we go again!’ But then it was offside, it didn’t count, and the boys just played a really good game. Jürgen Klopp revelled in Liverpool's performance but confirmed Joel Matip sustained an ankle ligament injury during Thursday's 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. All rights reserved. Not a lot, to be honest, in the defence line it is incredible what’s happening there, it’s really incredible. Today we played a slightly different position, worked together with Millie and Gini on [the] six really well. We have players still. However, one negative on an otherwise positive evening was the withdrawal of Matip at half-time. © Copyright 2021 The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Limited. On whether the injuries to Matip and Fabinho give further cause to sign a defender before the transfer deadline…. Jurgen Klopp spoke today ahead of tomorrow's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig in Budapest - he's always worth listening to and today was no different. On Tuesday, Low, … I’m not picky or whatever… but we need to find the right player. ‘The rest of the football game is really good and yes, if you win football games, maybe today you could score more goals, but that’s the steps you have to make. Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s Premier League title defence is already over after just 24 games following their dramatic 3-1 defeat to Leicester City on Saturday. It was a good moment to show up a little bit. Match Statistics supplied by Opta Sports Data Limited. They did and fought really hard, made a proper, proper fight of it the whole night and I’m really happy about that, and played football. It is always a mix and that the boys want to do well, it’s clear; that we as coaches have to tell them what they have to do together in specific moments is clear as well. The Key Quotes from Marcelo Bielsa's post-Arsenal press conference VAVEL is a global sports multi-platform and media company that operates with its own technology. So, good game, deserved win, good. It was good, it was good. But that’s it. Follow Metro Sport across our social channels, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We got aware of the struggle of Joel Matip with his ankle, so no chance to play on, so then we tried to tell the boys that it would make sense to do a couple of things again. On whether this is a ‘big moment’ for Liverpool…. It was necessary as well, to be honest! He later added: ‘We are not worrying or whatever for the title, we are not silly. They put a proper shift in. ‘First you have to perform again, the result is always massively related to the performance and we were today good enough to win the game for long, long periods, but not until the end because of a couple of things.’, MORE : ‘That’s really not OK!’ – Jurgen Klopp reveals what he told Liverpool players after Leicester collapse, MORE : Rio Feridnand slams Alisson and defends Ozan Kabak after Leicester horror show. We made great runs, scored obviously the first goal in a perfect moment pretty much, scored the goal [and] could go into half-time in the dressing room. The German coach believes the gap to the top is too big to claw back (Picture: Getty Images) Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s Premier League title defence is … We thought for tonight it might make sense to play him slightly higher on the pitch. ‘We have to do it consistently. Roberto Firmino into top 20 goalscorers in Liverpool FC history, 'It all clicked' - Trent Alexander-Arnold on Reds' win at Spurs. I am completely happy about the performance and, yes, it’s about the boys. Of course we do that, what do you think we are doing? Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, has ruled out any possibility of replacing Joachim Low as Germany head coach this summer. Asked how Liverpool can close the gap, Klopp replied: ‘I don’t think we can close that gap this year, to be honest.’. You can imagine that we think about everything, of course.