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Klopp: It was Liverpool versus Nick Pope!

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp felt Nick Pope was the difference after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Burnley.

Jay Rodriguez's 69th minute equaliser cancelled out Andrew Robertson's first half header to bring to an end a winning run stretching back to January, 2019.

Klopp stated, "Good performance in most parts of the game. There were moments when it was like Liverpool against Nick Pope. I think it's the biggest challenge in football to play against a team which is that well organised and create against a team that is that well organised and has such an outstanding attitude like Burnley has. But we created super chances but there was one guy who wanted to deny us and that was Nick Pope.

"That was then the problem pretty much of the game because for different reasons this result left the door open for Burnley. It was always clear they had corners where Ali was really under pressure from three or four players around.

"Then free-kicks on top of that, not too much but some. It was clear they want to have these situations. When they had them it was always a threat. Apart from that, how I said, we really did well, we should have scored more but we didn't do that. I'm fine with the performance for 80 minutes, I would say. More than fine because it was probably one of the best games we played against Burnley but we didn't score and that's why we only got a point."

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