AFP, London :
Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool had only themselves to blame for their shock 1-0 defeat at Leicester as Mohamed Salah’s penalty miss and Ademola Lookman’s winner dented the Reds’ title challenge on Tuesday.
Klopp’s side saw their 10-match unbeaten run in all competitions ended by Lookman’s second half strike.
Liverpool trail leaders Manchester City by six points, with the champions playing at Brentford on Wednesday.
Beaten for the first time since their 3-2 loss at West Ham in November, second placed Liverpool paid the price for missed chances.
Crucially, Kasper Schmeichel saved Salah’s first half penalty as Liverpool failed to score in the league for the first time since March.
“We were just not good enough. We still had enough chances. What we did with the ball was just not right. We played a really bad game,” Klopp said.
“We should have defended better. We do that usually, why we didn’t do it today is hard to explain. There were so many performances below the normal level.”
Liverpool’s flop against Covid and injury ravaged Leicester, who were hammered 6-3 by City on Sunday, puts extra pressure on them to take maximum points at title rivals Chelsea in their first game of 2022 on Sunday.
“It’s a big gap. In this moment it is not my problem. If we play our normal football, Liverpool football, we have the chance to win more games,” Klopp said.
