The Liverpool players suffered a heavy defeat against Napoli in the first round of the Champions League (4:1), and Reds coach Jurgen Klopp was worried after this match.
“This is very difficult to accept. But, if you watched the match, it is not that difficult to explain what happened. Let me start with the two penalties. But, first of all, Napoli played a very good game, we didn’t. That is the simplest explanation for this defeat,” Jurgen Klopp told after the match.
“They scored a goal from one penalty, they missed another. But we literally handed them the next two goals as if on a plate. We had to defend better. At 3:0, we seemed to have some chances, but in fact, we were not in the game at all. We were not compact neither defensively nor offensively. I don’t remember seeing us in a pressing situation until Thiago entered the field. We were everywhere, we stood too wide,” continued the Liverpool manager.
After this defeat, something will obviously have to change in the Liverpool team in order for them to return to their recognizable form from previous seasons.
“It is very clear what happened. But I don’t have a real answer right now, I have to think a bit. It’s hard for me to accept this, but I have to. It seems to me that we will have to find ourselves again”, concluded Klopp.
