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‘We played Bournemouth’s game’: Jürgen Klopp rues Liverpool setback

  • Mohamed Salah missed penalty in 1-0 loss on south coast
  • ‘The game was played the opposite of the way we wanted’

Jürgen Klopp found himself at a loss to explain how his Liverpool team, having beaten Manchester United 7-0 last Sunday, flopped to a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth. Mohamed Salah missed Liverpool’s first Premier League penalty of the season in the second half and Klopp’s team could not find an equaliser to Philip Billing’s first-half goal, damaging hopes of a top-four place.

“It was never really our game,” said Klopp. “We were dominant in the first half but mostly we put ball in at the wrong moment against a compact side … the game was played the opposite of the way we wanted. I think we played for 95 minutes the game Bournemouth wanted us to play.”

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/WhjGuvn

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