Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has accepted a large share of the blame for the listless performance of his team in the Champions League clash against Napoli on Wednesday evening.
The Reds fell to a 1-0 defeat courtesy of a 90th-minute goal from Napoli striker Lorenzo Insigne which sees the Italian side top Group C after two games.
Unlike some notable managers, Klopp is never one to shirk responsibility if the team does not live up to expectations and the German did so again after the second defeat in three games for the Reds.
The Liverpool Echo reported Klopp as saying:
“I have to accept that a big part of that performance was my fault for sure.
" We lost the game and it is quite difficult to perform like you perform.
"I am pretty sure the reasons will be obvious and then we will sort that but tonight we were not good enough and normally if you are not good enough you lose games. That happened to us tonight.”
Liverpool failed to register a shot on target throughout the 90 minutes and it was statistic that Klopp struggled to get his head around.
"No attempts on target, I don't remember when that happened last time. I think we had a big part of that because we can play much better.
"We don't have a lot of set-pieces. No shot on target is not enough. They had a good game, we didn't, that's why they deserved the three points.”
The impressive start to the Liverpool career of goalkeeper Alisson Becker continued on Wednesday evening and along with central defender Joe Gomez, the duo could certainly hold their head high.
Klopp paid tribute to his Braziilian keeper.
"The first half was kind of okay but the second half was not good enough and it's always a bad sign when your goalkeeper is your best player.
“But it was obvious tonight,” Klopp said.
While a defeat is never ideal, the win against PSG on matchday 1 is worth it's weight in gold especially with back to back games against Red Star Belgrade coming up.
The big games don't stop coming for the Reds with reigning Premier League champions Man City coming to Anfield on Sunday.
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