Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp refused to seek excuses after their 2-0 defeat at Burnley.

Klopp's side never recovered from the second-minute goal by Sam Vokes and, when Andre Gray doubled the hosts' advantage just before half-time, the visitors' job was made even more difficult as the Clarets put men behind the ball and conceded territory.

"It was a difficult game for us but in the decision-making we passed the ball in the wrong moments. We had counter-attacks for the first and second goals but even at half-time I still thought there was something in the game for us," Klopp said.

"The first half was not for growing self-confidence and we lost timing and patience and it was not our best timing offensively. It was not good.

"We had 80 per cent possession but it (Burnley's) is a different way to play football and it is absolutely okay.

"It is not allowed that you suffer under your own poor possession because it makes no sense.

"Usually in a game like this we win if we don't make the mistakes in the wrong moment, but we did and now we have to accept the result and carry on."

Klopp added: "I saw some really good crosses into the box where no-one was in the box. I saw shots when the box was full.

"In the last moment we were not where we should have been - that was the problem.

"Our timing and decision-making was not very good. That may have been forced by the result (score) and the passion of the opponent."