Jurgen Klopp unhappy with 'unacceptable' Liverpool defending and gives four players pass marks in Man City humbling

Jurgen Klopp blasted his Liverpool players for an ‘unacceptable’ performance and said only four of them put in a passable display as they were thrashed 4-1 by Manchester City. Mohamed Salah fired The Reds into an early lead at the Etihad, but Julian Alvarez equalised before half-time and strikes from Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish completed the turnaround after the break. Ad Klopp, whose side have dropped to eighth in the Premier League standings, was particularly unhappy with the manner in which De Bruyne and Gundogan struck in the space of seven minutes at the start of the second half.

Champions LeagueLiverpool 'prepared for a special performance but it didn’t happen' — Klopp16/03/2023 AT 00:04 “Coming out after half time and conceding two quick goals broke everything down,” Klopp told the BBC. «The goals, how we conceded is difficult to accept — we didn't put in a challenge for either. That's absolutely not acceptable to be honest.

“City were completely in control after that, we were open, and they could do whatever they wanted. That they only scored one more goal is well, thank you. »It could've been different and that's really bad news for us.