Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp not overtly critical despite knockout blow from Brighton

Liverpool are languishing in ninth place in the Premier League, 21 points behind pacesetters Arsenal

Brighton dumped FA Cup holders Liverpool out of the competition on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma’s brilliant control and finish in stoppage time sealed a 2-1 win for Brighton. It was another enormous blow to Liverpool, whose season is unravelling just months after they came close to winning a historic quadruple.

Liverpool are languishing in ninth place in the Premier League, 21 points behind pacesetters Arsenal. An FA Cup exit at the fourth-round stage leaves the Champions League as their only remaining shot at a trophy this season. Jurgen Klopp described Brighton’s 3-0 win when the sides met earlier this month as a “horror show”. And the German coach at least took some heart from his team’s battling performance on Sunday. 

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“I am not over the moon about this performance but, again, the only thing that happened really is that we lost against a good side, who we lost to two weeks ago in a horrendous game,” said Klopp. “Today was much better… We are obviously in a situation where we constantly want to make the final step. That’s why it feels now especially bad in this moment because it didn’t happen.”

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