Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has admitted that 'nearly everything' went wrong for his side during this afternoon's 2-0 defeat to Newcastle.
The Merseysiders arrived at St. James' Park in confident mood after a trio of impressive away victories against Chelsea, Manchester City and Southampton but produced a tepid performance against Steve McClaren's men.
Although Liverpool dominated possession for long periods they struggled to create clear-cut chances against a team that has conceded the most goals in the Premier League this season.
Martin Skrtel's unfortunate own goal and Georginio Wijnaldum's late strike consigned Liverpool to their fourth league defeat of the campaign and Klopp was disappointed in his side's collective display.
"Nearly everything [went wrong], I would say – the start, the middle and the end," he told the club's website.
"This was obviously not a really good football game. It was 50 per cent because of Newcastle, 50 per cent because of Liverpool.
"In a situation like Newcastle’s, it’s absolutely okay to play like this because they didn’t do too badly.
"They were playing build-up, they didn’t create chances, but we didn’t create chances either.
"It was an open game but no rhythm from our side; our defending in the last line was good, the middle didn’t defend well together, our midfield pressing was not good, I couldn’t see offensive pressing."
The German coach was evidently downbeat after Liverpool missed the chance to move to within three points of the top-four, Klopp was warned it was important not to go 'crazy' in the wake of a disappointing result.
"Everything is usually okay, this team has big quality and we know we like to work together.
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"It’s always important to be in the middle and not going nuts when you win and then getting crazy when you lose.
"It’s not a reality check, it’s only a bad game.
"But today we can’t ignore this. We can’t go on and say no problem."
