Liverpool Boss Jurgen Klopp Takes Blame For Daniel Sturridge

 

Jurgen Klopp took the blame after Daniel Sturridge failed to acknowledge Liverpool fans following a 3-1 defeat at Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday. Klopp named the youngest-ever Reds side in the Premier League, but they were over-run by a Swansea side looking to secure their top-flight status. 

Sturridge failed to thank the travelling fans after the final whistle but Klopp refused to criticise the striker for his actions. Klopp said “If someone forgot to say thank you to the fans, then it's my fault and nobody else's. If you think we ignore the fans it's not what we wanted. I went too immediately. Hopefully our fans know how close we are to them. After a game like this, he wants to leave and go home, recover and do a lot of things”.

Liverpool put in a lacklusture performance at the Liberty Stadium following their midweek Europa League semi-final against Villarreal, and Klopp was disappointed with the performance his young side produced.  He added: “The first two goals were too easy and too simple for Swansea. We deserved the defeat and they deserved the win but I think a big part of this result was our performance so we have to accept this, recover and prepare again and play much better. Our performance was not as good as possible. With this line up, we tried to bring fresh legs and fresh minds. I'm only frustrated and disappointed because I know we could have played better. It's not important now but if we could have played a little bit better, closer to our 100 per cent then it would have been a completely different game”.