Jurgen Klopp has stated that he does not respect the people who criticise the Liverpool backline.

Liverpool have arguably been the most attractive team to watch in attack so far during the current Premier League campaign but with the Reds having managed only one clean sheet in their nine matches, many have questioned the quality of their defence.

However, manager Klopp has gone on to vehemently defend the Liverpool defence and has stated that he has no time for people who constantly talk down his side.

Klopp said in the wake of the weekend's 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion: "I heard it a few times (that Liverpool are suspect defensively) but I lose respect when people say this.

"That's not important because I do not have to respect everybody and I don't need most of the people.

"I'm the coach of this team, I'm really close to them. I see all the games from quite a good perspective. We defended well against United, brilliant, and then against West Brom it was so difficult but we have no defensive problem.

"We needed to be really aggressive to defend their long balls from the first moment without making fouls. That's quite a challenge but they did brilliantly. When the ball is in the air, (Salomon) Rondon wants the ball or a foul, so Dejan (Lovren) and Joel (Matip) were outstanding.

"And you cannot imagine in what good shape (Alberto) Moreno, Lucas Leiva, (Ragnar) Klavan and Trent Alexander-Arnold are so that's all good."