GYLFI’S CLINCHER LEAVES

The Kop did not actually turn on their side after Jurgen Klopp’s first Anfield defeat of the season but every one of their fans is well aware they cannot keep throwing away points like this.

Striker Fernando Llorente was Swansea’s two-goal hero – and nobody could say that new boss Paul Clement did not deserve both his and the Swans’ first Anfield league victory.

Neither goalkeeper had a worthwhile effort to save in the opening 45 minutes – and Simon Mignolet did not stop a shot all game.

Not that you could actually blame the Belgian – the defenders in front of him would have struggled to get into a Sunday League team.

Dejan Lovren and Ragnar Klavan looked as if they had never played together as Llorente had an absolute field day.

A shell-shocked Klopp said: “It was our mistake – nobody else made the mistake.”

The Liverpool boss did not pull any punches with his withering verdict on his side’s defending.

On Llorente’s first goal: “It was a throw-in and we were too late, then we did not concentrate on the situation, the flick-on and corner.

“We lost the first challenge after the corner and, until now, I couldn’t see how Llorente could be completely alone like that in the six-yard box.”

Then, on the Spaniard’s second, he said: “Brilliant cross, brilliant header but we should have avoided the pass and then the cross. That should be possible.”

And on Gylfi Sigurdsson’s crucial third: “The most disappointing moment, nearly everything was wrong,” said Klopp.

“The defending around all three goals was not good enough, 100 per cent. That’s a very important part of the game.”

How he could have done with Joel Matip bringing some kind of order t o his backline i nstead of sitting on the bench until he was brought on as an emergency fourth striker in the search for a late face-saving equaliser.

This was Liverpool’s fourth defeat in all competitions this season and Matip, who was finally given FIFA clearance to play for his club after the stand-off with Cameroon, has not played in a single one of them.

Klopp said: “There was no choice – he has only had three training sessions since his last game. I had to focus on the team which we could play.”

The German has certainly worked out how to deal with the big boys and has now not lost against Manchester City, Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester United or Chelsea.

But results against the Premier League’s lesser lights are closer to relegation form – in six matches against Bournemouth, Burnley, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea and West Ham, the Reds have picked up just THREE points.

Lovren made two horrendous mistakes to present Swansea striker Llorente with the first of his two goals.

He needlessly conceded a soft corner and then was overpowered by Federico Fernandez as the ball was swung in by Sigurdsson.

Llorente’s first stab bounced back off Wayne Routledge but he was too quick-witted for every red shirt, popping off a second effort that rolled past the flat-footed Liverpool keeper.

Then, the ex-Juventus and Seville marksman was too strong against the combined efforts of Klavan, lucky not to get two instead of one yellow cards for twice blocking off Llorente, Lovren and Georginio Wijnaldum as he rose above them to head his second.

Anyone who had a wager on the Swans pulling off only their fifth win in 22 games would have been cashing-out when two goals in 14 minutes put Liverpool back in it.

Roberto Firmino was on the spot, cleverly heading past keeper Lukasz Fabianski for only his second goal in 13 games.

Some brilliant trickery from Wijnaldum set him up but there seemed no way he could add a finish as the chip came at him just below head height. But the Brazilian brought it under control with his chest and then hit a superb half-volley beyond the keeper. The Swans were rocking – and so was Anfield – but then they grabbed the decider on the break. Again it was a defensive disaster. The final error this time came from the luckless Klavan who gave the ball away for the unmarked Sigurdsson to make no mistake from 12 yards.

Swans manager Clement (above) said: “The mindset in the group since I have been here is that anything is possible.

“It’s the kind of performance that will give everybody a big lift and it will help with confidence.

“We showed great togetherness and it was a massive team effort.

He added: “We led 2-0 and Liverpool having got back to 2-2, the team showed its character.

“We need to work hard in training and make sure we get another result in 10 days’ time.”