Klopp demands consistency as
best game of the season, then we sign a contract for another six seasons,” said the Liverpool manager. “If we do it after Leicester then you change the whole squad. But the truth is always in between.
“I never say [I am] ruthless, but I understand the question, and it’s a good question, because after the last game I was low, angry, and I am not angry in this moment.
“We can already deliver very often, but we let the bad things influence us more than the good things, otherwise we would celebrate our birthday maybe longer than one day.
“When the week starts after Leicester everybody was angry, then we produce this performance. Then the question is immediately about Burnley [on Sunday] and it starts already, ‘Oh f---, how can we do this?’ I don’t like inconsistency. It was part of the deal, obviously.” Erratic results are a Liverpool problem rather than a Klopp creation. Yet it is important to recognise that in the club’s history only two other managers – Kenny Dalglish and David Ashworth (in 1921 and adjusting for three points for a win) have collected 100 league points quicker. Such statistics only make those recent losses to Hull, Bournemouth and Swansea more deflating. This season should be so different. How can Roberto Firmino, Adam Lallana and Georginio Wijnaldum – the architects of the goals here – be so technically, physically and tactically proficient just five days after the substandard display at the King Power Stadium? Liverpool, the team who deliver against the best sides, performed as well as they have done against everyone else challenging for Champions League positions. Their last