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Klopp wants more patience from expectant Liverpool fans

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged the fans to show more patience and trust in his team.

The Reds were on the verge of facing their first defeat since January at Anfield on Wednesday night but managed to clinch a 1-1 draw with Chelsea thanks to an injury-time equaliser from Christian Benteke.

After the game, Klopp suggested an impatient display from the Reds' 12th man may have affected the players: "I love this stadium and I love this atmosphere, but everybody lost patience tonight – the crowd too.

"It's quite difficult when you have the ball and the manager says you need to be patient and everybody shouts 'run!' That's a little bit difficult.

"We all don't trust finally our quality. It's not a problem for the last two games.

"We can learn this in the future and I'm pretty sure we will, because if you don't think you need to score in each situation because you know you have the players on the pitch to create chances and score goals, you could celebrate other situations. That's all.

"It was difficult and we saw then we can play much better passes. Nearly every player did this. We lost the rhythm in the game.

"In the last 10 minutes, we deserved the draw because they didn't score the second goal. That's the story of the game."

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