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Klopp defends Liverpool attitude after Hull defeat

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defended his players' attitude after defeat at Hull City.

Klopp insists there was no problem with how his players approached the visit to KCOM.

He said: "I don't know, I don't think so. All football performances are mixtures of everything – a mixture of confidence, of attitude, readiness, passion, a lot of things. I have to watch the game again, I have to see to understand more what was the reason, especially for the first half. I think again it's not the first time in the season we put ourselves under pressure [so] that we then [had to] react in the second half.

"We showed the reaction and we put them under pressure and we could've scored, but still then if we win 2-1 today, I am still angry about the first half, 100 per cent. I said to you a few times, I am really interested in performance. Yes, I'm interested in results too, but I'm really interested in performance because you can build on performance.

"This week we had a really good performance [against Chelsea], but obviously we didn't build on it, that's obvious. So we will, and have to, take all the criticism from everywhere. We have to change it, immediately."

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