A reboot up Kop’s backside
disappointment of a horror show at Vicarage Road by insisting: “We can start again.”
Liverpool kissed goodbye to a record-equalling 18 consecutive wins, a 44-match unbeaten run going back to January
2019, dropped points for only the second time this season, and failed to score for the first time in 36 league games.
But despite glaring evidence to the contrary, Klopp claimed they had not breezed into Watford with glib complacency, saying: “We’ve never estimated the situation wrongly. We never thought it would be easy.
“These boys are working extremely hard. If you win, do it in the right manner; if you lose, take it like a man.
“From time to time, if you are not good enough, you need to restart.”
Asked if the error-strewn display might prove a timely kick up the backside ahead of tomorrow night’s
FA Cup fifth-round tie at Chelsea and next week’s Champions League return leg with Atletico Madrid, Klopp shrugged: “Yeah, why not? Why not?
“But none of us has just lost for the first time in our lives. We know how it feels. The reaction you can hope for. We shall see in the next games.”
Anfield defender Andy Robertson (above) offered a humble apology to Liverpool fans for the manner in which their ‘Invincibles’ dream evaporated, saying: “It’s up to us to show that this defeat hurts and put a run together that will crown us champions. It’s a performance that has not been expected for a number of years by the fans and we can only apologise. It’s up to us to bounce back.”