Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has lamented the dour defensive display of his side as they fell to a 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich in a pre-season friendly.
Two late goals from Josip Stanisic and Frans Kratzig consigned the Reds to defeat at the Singapore National Stadium as Liverpool rounded off their Asian tour.
Klopp believes his players could have much defended better, however, he saw a lot of good individual performances as he reshapes his squad for the new season which commences next week with a trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in their league opener.
“Around the goals obviously not that great, but there were a lot of other moments that were really, really good as well. The last line was good,” the German said.
“We have to still adjust. It’s not so much about the boys and stuff, [but] yes it is, of course, in these moments. The first goal we concede, Trent and Joel have to react better. This pass, I don’t think it is [able] to avoid, to be 100 per cent honest.
“We cannot always be there and block all balls, sometimes balls will fly towards our last line. It was just a little doubt in between, but both stand on both feet – I am not sure exactly when it was, 30 minutes when they scored the first goal? – so we felt the intensity properly then, like humans are. I think it was a similar time [in the] second half, between Joey and Ibou. It’s nothing about speed or whatever, it is just about awareness – check the situation. In football there are no breaks.
“When you are really tired, that’s the thing you hate the most: there are no breaks. Apart from that, how I said, I saw a lot of good individual performances, I think really encouraging, really positive, and we can work with that, that’s it.
He added: A lot. Was I surprised about the intensity? No. I think it was pretty clear when you set up a game in that period with two teams who are pretty competitive, two managers who are pretty competitive then I think it’s pretty clear that it has to be intense.
“I saw a lot of good things, but of course some things which I didn’t like and now we have to make an analysis. That’s always in pre-season the same: we need to have a look what is really physically, because we did a lot in training and yesterday a lot in really tough circumstances. And you saw the goals we conceded were mainly lack of concentration in the moment twice.
“A very similar situation, the first goal we conceded and I think the fourth, were very similar. It’s obviously not allowed but it can happen anyway. We have to analyse it properly, I have enough time to do that on the flight home.
“And the atmosphere was great, I said it outside. The people created something really special, we felt from the first second super-welcome. That’s intense as well! People were waiting everywhere for us, I understand that.
“But I will not miss opening a door and everyone is cheering, to be honest! I’ll be really happy if I can open a door at home and nobody is cheering! Good. I hate losing, I feel that all the time when it happens, I really feel it and today is the same.
“But pre-season, strong opponent, we could have scored a fourth as well obviously; Bobby Clark had a really nice situation with Ben Doak, other situations as well. So, a lot of good stuff, stuff to improve. That’s how it is, let’s keep going.”
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