Liverpool dominated Man United more than 7-0 game – Klopp،
Jurgen Klopp said Liverpool were more dominant against Manchester United in Sunday's 0-0 draw than in last season's 7-0 Anfield win over Erik ten Hag's side after seeing his side miss the opportunity to overtake Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
Liverpool had 34 shots against United, who had just six, and collected 12 corners. Ten Hag's team failed to register a single corner.
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But despite their dominance, Liverpool failed to score and will now face league leaders Arsenal one point behind at Anfield on Saturday.
“I don’t remember such a dominant performance against Man United – even in the 7-0 they were more in the game,” Klopp said. “Now it's 0-0, they probably feel a little better than us. But we take the point and move on.
“It was the type of game I expected. If we play like that it's difficult for the away team to get out of their own half and United's defense was clean and full of passion.
“If you score, it changes the dynamic of the game and they open up a little and take more risks. But nothing changed, they threw everything, and it's 0-0.
“If you play in the Premier League with a quality team like Man United and they just defend, then it doesn't make life easy. We should have scored and that would have changed the dynamic of the game. The chances were enough big ones, so we were unlucky.”
After losing 7-0 and 4-0 on their last two visits to Anfield, United ended their dismal run of results at Liverpool despite missing several key players through injuries. And despite his side's defensive performance, Ten Hag said it was an important takeaway from Anfield.
“Every point you raise is important,” Ten Hag said. Football is about results, and we could have won today if we had taken our chances. We take this point and we are happy with it because Liverpool are in very good form here at Anfield.
“They always score and we avoided that, we stopped them from creating chances and scoring. All 11 on the pitch were very good. Football always starts with good organization and good defence. If I have a critical is that we should have had more passes. getting into the box to hurt the opponent, that's the next step we need to take.
“We need to be more consistent in our performance levels.”
Liverpool face West Ham in the Carabao Cup quarter-final in midweek before the top-of-the-table clash with Arsenal on Saturday, and Klopp has expressed concern about the number of games starting to pile up for his side ahead of the list of Christmas matches.
“It’s a difficult time,” Klopp said. “We play West Ham on Wednesday, they are flying and playing very well at the moment, then we have Arsenal and Burnley. It's horrible. We have to make sure we get enough points in this period, but there are also a lot football. play after that too.
“It’s important that we get through this with as many players as possible.”
