Klopp rages at ‘really bad’ Liverpool after Brighton shock

BRIGHTON, United Kingdom: Jurgen Klopp labelled Liverpool’s dismal 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Saturday as the worst he has seen during his Anfield reign. Klopp’s troubled side were blown away in the second half by Solly March’s double and a late strike from Danny Welbeck. Liverpool’s wretched performance came hot on the heels of a 3-1 loss at Brentford and an FA Cup draw against Wolves in which they were saved from defeat by a controversial VAR decision.

The Reds are languishing in eighth place in the Premier League with their hopes of a top-four finish fading by the week. Klopp could not believe what he was seeing as Brighton ran his team ragged in a fashion he had never experienced since taking charge in 2015. “Bad.

Really bad. I can’t remember a worse game. It was a very organized team against a not very organized team,” Klopp said.

“Massively frustrated. We gave the ball away, the spaces were too big and we couldn’t push up. That is obviously not good, especially against a super well-drilled side like Brighton.

They got more confident and we did the opposite.” Klopp said he had tried to switch Liverpool’s tactics in a bid to halt their poor run, but conceded the players did not handle the changes well. “I had an idea to change the formation which was to try help the team. That was the idea.

But we never did it properly,” he said. “We need to be creative with the options we have. What I saw today from my team was that they were not really convinced by it.