Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool, attributed Saturday’s shocking 1-0 Premier League loss to his team’s ineffective offense.
Klopp, who referred to his club’s loss to Nottingham Forest as a “huge setback,” watched as the home team prevailed at City Ground after Taiwo Awoniyi scored the game’s lone goal.
The set-pieces provided Liverpool with their greatest chances during the game, but they also missed several clear-cut chances, with Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk being particularly guilty.
Due to the outcome versus Forest, Liverpool was unable to defeat Steve Cooper’s team by three points.
The Reds now sit in the seventh position on the log with 16 points from eleven games.
“I never saw a game where one team has not sure four or five no-brainers from a set-piece where they have to, have to finish it off,” Klopp told BT Sport.
“The way we defended we were perfectly prepared for that. We always had a free player, I don’t know Bobby first half, Virgil two times, three times, I’m not sure they have to put the game to bed, to be 100% honest.
“Nobody defended Bobby in these moments, nobody defended Virgil in these moments we were just free. But we didn’t use it, if we use all of it then you ask a different question.”
Klopp added: “[It feels] As low as possible. Massive, massive blow because I have no idea how we can lose this game, to be honest. Not that we played exceptionally well, not that I expected that, but it would have been nice.
“With all the changes we had to make and with the intense week behind us, it was clear we had to make a fight of it. The boys did that. The chances they had were pretty much counterattacks where we gave the ball too easily away.”
