PREMIER LEAGUE WHY DON’T YOU TRUST US?

Klopp: If we win, it’s, ‘we’re good.. but’. If we slip up it’s, ‘they have goofed again’

were talking to a family member,” said the German.

“You lose one, two, three per cent of concentration, you come a little too late and that’s how it started. That’s how it is.

“It’s not a player to blame, I am 100 per cent responsible for that. I told him I still trust him 100 per cent.

“I had a talk with Alberto and I’m really happy about his shape. I’m really happy about his performances. It was really my responsibility.” And Klopp also claims Mohamed Salah has nothing to prove when he lines up against former club Chelsea.

He made just 13 appearances, scoring only two goals, during a difficult 12-month spell there and Klopp said: “He had a disappointing time?

“I really can’t get it. He was very young in a very strong team and he didn’t come through. That happens very often. That was a long ago.

“I do not think he has anything to prove and I do not think he sees it like that, either.” Klopp felt some sympathy for Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s claims that Liverpool have an unfair advantage because they have had a day longer to prepare.

“I really get what Antonio is talking about, but maybe he forgot they had the best Christmas schedule last year,” he said.

“Everyone played every two days and they had 12 days to play three games.”