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Upset Liverpool boss Klopp name-checks back four for Burnley goal

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits their defending wasn't good enough for their 1-1 draw with Burnley.

Klopp concedes Scott Arfield's opener could've been avoided.

He admitted: "Could Trent (Alexander-Arnold) have won the first headed challenge? Yes. Then the block on Joel (Matip), it's difficult to do better because the defender cannot do it exactly the same because then it's a foul. I'm not sure if it was already in the box but for sure around the box. He did it in 500 other situations really well.

"Raggy (Klavan) was there to protect the situation but the ball bounced in the wrong direction, it's difficult to judge. Robbo (Andrew Robertson) knows he could have seen Arfield earlier. That's how it is. He goes in between; it was a bouncing ball, they are quicker and they are more used to these situations, they do it more often. That's what they are working for.

"He hit the ball perfect, it was not even that he needed a few touches. It was a good goal, absolutely, but we could have defended it much better."

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