Klopp admonishes ‘static’ Liverpool

SWANSEA, United Kingdom: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he was infuriated by his team’s first-half performance after they came from behind to win 2-1 at Swansea City.

The German lost both England midfielder Adam Lallana and Serbia defender Dejan Lovren to injury during Saturday’s game, ruling both players out of international duty.

But it was his side’s sloppiness that concerned him most of all. “I was very angry,” Klopp told reporters at his post-match press conference. “I am 49 years old and I have lost a lot of games and unfortunately will lose a lot more, but today made no sense.

“It was not a day when we should have lost because we could have done so much better in the first half.

“We were all angry at half-time, but at ourselves, so I told them we had to show we are better and show why we were here.

“It looked like we were here to be in a football game, but I wanted them to show we are here because we want to win a football game.”

Liverpool were left facing a shock defeat when Leroy Fer capitalised on weak defending to put struggling Swansea ahead in the eighth minute.