Jurgen Klopp stated he “can’t remember a worse game” in his profession as he apologised and took full duty for Liverpool ’s thumping 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton.
The Reds had been outclassed on the Amex Stadium and suffered an emphatic loss following Solly March’s double and a late volley from substitute Danny Welbeck.
Klopp’s shocked guests had no response on one other disappointing day of their stuttering season, leaving the rampant Seagulls to leapfrog them into seventh place.
“There was no moment in the game where we could get a little lift and go from there and the outcome is horrible to watch,” stated the Liverpool supervisor.
“Everybody with a Brighton shirt on or a Brighton heart enjoyed the game a lot and I don’t think anybody with a Liverpool heart enjoyed it for a second. I have nothing good to say about this game.
“It’s my job to make the right line-up, to set up the right tactics, a lot of things.
“I’m not sure if it’s because the game is still only a few minutes ago but I can’t remember a worse game – and I mean all, not only Liverpool. And that’s my responsibility. That makes it a really low point.
“It’s fully my responsibility because I had an idea with a different formation and that didn’t work out – sorry.”
Liverpool had been extraordinarily lucky to be stage on the finish of a gap interval by which they had been pinned again and did not register a shot on course.
March broke their resistance instantly after the restart after which swiftly doubled the lead earlier than former Manchester United participant Welbeck rubbed salt into the injuries.
Following a 3-1 defeat at Brentford on January 2, the 2020 champions have now misplaced their opening two league fixtures of a calendar 12 months for the primary time since 1993 and already dropped a staggering 26 factors this time period.
“Congratulations to Brighton, they played an outstanding game,” stated Klopp.
“I really thought in moments we maybe made it a little bit too easy for them but in general they played outstanding and we did not.
“The problems are the same as last week (a 2-2 FA Cup draw with Wolves). We don’t win the key battles on the pitch, the key challenges and we give the ball away too easy.
“It’s difficult to organise protection for losing balls you should not lose. This is not easy.”
