Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp defended his players after they were beaten by Wolves in last night's FA Cup third round tie.

Klopp made nine changes from the team which were beaten at Manchester City on Thursday.

The German stated, "All these things that came out are really my responsibility, so it's about rhythm. Of course, you know they have rhythm. Div (Origi), can he have rhythm? No, not really. Daniel (Sturridge), maybe a bit more. Alberto (Moreno), no, no rhythm.

"That of course doesn't help footballers against a [tough] opponent. We played Wolves here two or three weeks ago and they are really strong. We won, yes, but we knew it was really tough here. Now we played today, they didn't change a lot – if they changed something – so that's not easy.

"Do I expect? I always expect a lot more from the players. Do I think they could have delivered [more] today? I am not 100 per cent sure. It's not my job to say now, 'that was not good enough, that was not good enough' because I know they can do much better. I changed a lot because I thought we had to, not because I wanted to and to say, 'come on, let's have a look at how that works' because it was clear Wolves would not change a lot.

"The problem is, we played a similar line-up and had three tough games in the last couple of weeks, so it was clear we had to change. That's it, that's all."