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Klopp: What was said at Liverpool meeting post Swansea loss…

Jurgen Klopp has lifted the lid on what was discussed at Liverpool's team meeting on the weekend.

The Reds were beaten 3-2 by Swansea City at Anfield on Saturday which forced them to fall nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea.

Liverpool conceded twice to Fernando Llorente and once to Gylfi Sigurdsson to lose at home for the first time in the league since January 2016, prompting a tense conversation between the coaching staff and playing group.

"We have a lot of meetings," said Klopp.

"It was because the goals we have conceded in 2017 have been a little bit of the same story.

"The influence of throw-ins is a little bit too big on the goals we concede. It's not that teams create a lot of chances against us. That's still a good sign.

"OK, Manchester United had a few, but I think that's the nature of the thing. But usually, they don't create a lot and still score.

"A few weeks ago, everybody spoke about the goalkeeper. That has absolutely no influence on the goals we're conceding at the moment. We can't say it's only the centre-half. Very often, the last mistake happens in this region, but that would be too easy.

"So we spoke about this and a few other things. Actually, it was a lot about what I spoke about in the press conference. It's about enjoying the role we have.

"We are Liverpool, and a really good football-playing side, and we don't enjoy the job we have to do. If you are another team at the bottom of the league, then we have to defend 80 to 90 per cent of the time, and 10 per cent you can invest in counter-attacks and sometimes a set-piece, and all that stuff.

"In our job, in 70 to 80 per cent of all games, we are dominant. So we have to enjoy this, even when we don't come through after five minutes. That's how it is. That's the job to do.

"They concentrate even then on defensive situations. It was a football meeting with a few other parts of the game."

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