Jürgen Klopp, Liverpool coach, said after his team's 2-1 defeat on Wednesday against Arsenal, a result that will prevent the Reds from matching or exceeding Pep Guardiola's record of Manchester City's 100 points in 2017- 18, that the mistakes they made were too great to be overcome despite dominating the game. Klopp hinted at a bad pass behind Virgil van Dijk and an Alisson punt failure.
“When you make mistakes like that you can't win a game or at least you need to be very lucky to do it. We didn't have it. The mistakes were too big, “said Klopp after the match, in which Liverpool started advancing thanks to a goal by Sadio Mané in the 20th minute, but Mikel Arteta's 'gunners' came back.
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Mark and take a break. We are human and perhaps it was misjudging the situation, ”said the German coach about what happened to his team at the Emirates on Tuesday. Since being crowned champion on June 25, Liverpool have lost 8 points in 5 games. Before, only 7 in the entire season.
“I'm disappointed. The numbers say that in our favor there were 24 shots to 3. 70 percent of our possession compared to 30%. Exceptional. But the result is the truth, we have to accept it and take responsibility for it. Making sure that things like this will never happen to us again. ”
Klopp did not want to attribute these 8 lost points to the fact that they have relaxed after the flirt. “I can't turn something as positive as having been champions so early into a negative. The boys have had an exceptional season and nobody can take it away ”, were the words of the German coach.
Liverpool have 93 points and if they win in the 2 final days against Chelsea and Newcastle respectively they will reach 99. City added 100 in 2017-18.