Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp has apologized for the defeat to city rivals Everton, after which his footballers fell away from the fight for the title in the Premier League.
"It wasn't the most inspired performance of all time and I'm really sorry people, I'm sorry about that. People often told me about the score in derbies and I'm really sorry. It happened and we can't change it," Klopp said. , the BBC reported.
Liverpool lost 2:0 away from their city rivals Everton last night and are second in the table with 74 points, three points behind the leaders Arsenal.
Current champion Manchester City has 73 points, but two games less than both rivals.
Until a few weeks ago, Liverpool was in the race for four trophies, but was eliminated from the Europa League with a double-leg loss to Atalanta, to Manchester United in the FA Cup, now they are behind in the Premier League and have the League Cup as their only trophy for now.
By the end of the championship, Liverpool will play against West Ham, Tottenham, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton.
Asked what the result against Everton does for his side in the title fight, Klopp replied:
"I understand this is part of the job, but I don't know why I have to answer, since you can look at the table."
"Should I say we're still in the race? We need a crisis in Manchester City and Arsenal, and we need to win all the games. If they lose all the games and we do what we did against Everton, then it won't change anything," he stated.
The Liverpool coach added that the team should play better.
"We have to fight through periods like this. People ask me about mentality and it's not about attitude, nobody does something like this on purpose, and my job is to put them in a position to feel confident. That's the most difficult part of football. It didn't work, and now we have to keep trying," said Klopp, who will leave Anfield at the end of the season.
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