Jurgen Klopp labelled his Liverpool facet “Jekyll and Hyde” after they prevented a comeback defeat to Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
The Reds went 2-zero up on their travels but had been then put closely at the again foot with the aid of the home facet. A mixture of defensive mistakes and a risky high line allowed the Eagles to relentlessly assault, but they could most effective manage to discover one purpose with their more than one possibilities.
After surviving the scare, Klopp searched for a solution to the mis-match overall performance, sooner or later settling on an “excessive week” being in the back of it.
He instructed Sky Sports: “It turned into a piece Jekyll and Hyde soccer nowadays. You should see how accurate we can be. We had been first rate in the first 35 mins.
“Then after an excessive week, away at Arsenal, I don’t have any real explanation but the intensity might be one. We have become sloppy within the final line.
“In the second one 1/2 we had been not compact, the first line pressed too excessive and the space changed into no longer proper. We performed a excessive line and did no longer catch them offside which become our fault of route.”
The Liverpool defence confronted eight aim tries from Palace, 5 of which Allison became forced to keep.
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A clawed-clearance toward the end of the match to deny Michael Olise’s chipped effort became the pick of the bunch and arguably the most essential with the rating then at 2-1 earlier than a past due 1/3 changed into delivered.
On his goalkeeper, Klopp delivered: “I stated to him now, thank you for saving our backside again. He said ‘that’s my process’.
