After Luton held them to a draw, Jurgen Klopp criticized the team of defending at set-pieces with WWE-style tactics. On Sunday afternoon, Luis Diaz made headlines when he came off the bench to score a late equalizer while his father was still being held captive in Colombia. At Kenilworth Road, Tahith Chong had taken the crowd by surprise with the first goal near the eighty-minute mark. Later, the Liverpool manager described the match as “a strange game” and said that the draw was “the deserved result”.
However, after Virgil van Dijk was shoved to the ground in the Luton box, the German was booked for protesting in the second half. Additionally, Klopp asserted at the press conference following the game: “I really admire what they do, but when you watch them defend set pieces, it’s just wrestling.” It’s on the incorrect side of the edge, not the edge itself. However, because they are not penalized, why should they alter it?
There was a little conversation about that (over the touchline). We believed that Virgil’s opponent’s takedown of him was a solid point scored in wrestling, not the goal itself, before they scored.” Darwin Nunez, an attacker, squandered a number of opportunities after the interval, including a simple one from four yards out, but Klopp stood by him. Darwin is a full member of the team, the Anfield manager continued. Sometimes, that is all.
He made a wonderful pass on his first opportunity, first touched the top of the ball, and then nailed it against the crossbar. It’s evident that the entire team wasn’t in the spirit to score goals today, which is detrimental. However, Darwin stands out due to his extensive involvement in almost every aspect of life.
Although I believe that our finishing wasn’t the issue today, we should have done a better job. We would have resolved one or two situations if we had produced more other things. Although a 1-0 victory here would have pleased me, we need to have performed better.”
