Klopp laments poor first half performance as Man City end the weekend top of the table
April 15, 2024
Liverpool surrendered their advantage on the league table to Manchester City as they went down 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday to see Manchester City stay top of the table.
City’s position was further enhanced later on Sunday as Arsenal also went down 2-0 to Aston Villa meaning that the title race has now swung in favour of the defending champions.
The result came as a major surprise as it was Liverpool’s first Premier League defeat at Anfield since October 2022 (against Leeds). Since then, the Reds have been unbeaten in 28 home league games. That is was palace who should put an end to the record came as a surprise given that this was their first away win in the Premier League since November.
Speaking to the media after the game Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side’s first hlaf performance was the reason for the loss. Interviewed by BBC’s Match of the Day he said: “The stats in the first half won’t be as great as the stats in the second half.
“I think it was pretty obvious we didn’t play a good first half. We wanted a reaction and we saw a reaction.
“It wasn’t a fully convinced team on the pitch. It’s a really difficult one. We weren’t great. Crystal Palace had far too many football moments where we ran in the wrong direction.
“In more than 20 years when you watch my teams, the press and counter press is pretty good, some days it is outstanding. In the first half, it was nothing and then we were 1-0 down.
“Second half, we tried to change the formation and dynamic that wasn’t tricky for Crystal Palace. You could stand here on another day and see the same balls go in and we’re talking about a 4-1 win, but football doesn’t work like that.”
Asked if Sunday’s disappointing performance could be regarded as a hangover from the Atalanta defeat he said: “I really don’t know, I couldn’t say that.
“I would say with the chances we had; we were really unlucky.
“What could Darwin do with his chance or Mo. Good defending from Mitchell. In the second half, Crystal Palace were lucky we didn’t punish them but that’s why we are stood here with no points and Crystal Palace have three,” he said.
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Klopp laments poor first half performance as Man City end the weekend top of the table
Liverpool surrendered their advantage on the league table to Manchester City as they went down 1-0 at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday to see Manchester City stay top of the table.
City’s position was further enhanced later on Sunday as Arsenal also went down 2-0 to Aston Villa meaning that the title race has now swung in favour of the defending champions.
The result came as a major surprise as it was Liverpool’s first Premier League defeat at Anfield since October 2022 (against Leeds). Since then, the Reds have been unbeaten in 28 home league games. That is was palace who should put an end to the record came as a surprise given that this was their first away win in the Premier League since November.
Speaking to the media after the game Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his side’s first hlaf performance was the reason for the loss. Interviewed by BBC’s Match of the Day he said: “The stats in the first half won’t be as great as the stats in the second half.
“I think it was pretty obvious we didn’t play a good first half. We wanted a reaction and we saw a reaction.
“It wasn’t a fully convinced team on the pitch. It’s a really difficult one. We weren’t great. Crystal Palace had far too many football moments where we ran in the wrong direction.
“In more than 20 years when you watch my teams, the press and counter press is pretty good, some days it is outstanding. In the first half, it was nothing and then we were 1-0 down.
“Second half, we tried to change the formation and dynamic that wasn’t tricky for Crystal Palace. You could stand here on another day and see the same balls go in and we’re talking about a 4-1 win, but football doesn’t work like that.”
Asked if Sunday’s disappointing performance could be regarded as a hangover from the Atalanta defeat he said: “I really don’t know, I couldn’t say that.
“I would say with the chances we had; we were really unlucky.
“What could Darwin do with his chance or Mo. Good defending from Mitchell. In the second half, Crystal Palace were lucky we didn’t punish them but that’s why we are stood here with no points and Crystal Palace have three,” he said.