Jurgen Klopp has stated that Liverpool must continue to work better at defending as as team.

The Reds have scored 12 goals, but conceded 11, in their opening six Premier League fixtures.

Points have been dropped late in games, such as the opening day draw with Watford, due to poor defending, and Klopp admits his side must work harder to rectify the problem.

"We have to defend better," said Klopp ahead of the Reds Champions League clash with Spartak Moscow. "I don't like to always say [that] because it sounds like I'm saying what everybody said before the season – that is not the case.

"We have to defend better as a team, that's what I am talking about. Not 'Don't miss a ball here, don't miss a ball there'. That's not what I am talking about."