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EPL: “We could have won” – Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said his side would have beaten Manchester United if they played “a little bit better” on Monday Night Football – but admitted he was concerned about his team’s injury problems.

Klopp defended his side’s performance despite their first league defeat at Old Trafford since March 2018, insisting Liverpool had “played the game we wanted to play” after Jadon Sancho’s 16th-minute opener.

“I saw a good performance,” said Klopp. “If we score the equaliser at any time it is not the biggest surprise. We could have won the game tonight if we had played slightly better.”

That assessment came despite a defensive performance labelled “embarrassing” by Jamie Carragher and a result which left Liverpool without a win in their opening three league games for the first time in a decade, with the Reds blown away at times by United’s intensity and running.

Klopp told Sky Sports: “They were really aggressive in the beginning, it was absolutely clear what would happen. Reality shows if we are really ready, and in the beginning they were more aggressive than us, they hit the post and it was a hectic game.

“Then they scored the goal, and we took over, and played the game we wanted to play, more or less.

Idoko Dennis

Idoko Dennis is a creative videographer/drone pilot and sport writer. He heads the sport desk and deputizes the head of Idoma TV

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