The Difference of Losing from Watford and Losing from Chelsea

Jurgen Klopp Explain the Difference of Losing from Watford and Losing from Chelsea

Liverpool began to understand the feeling of losing streak. Wednesday (3/4/2020) early morning local time, the Reds gave up 0-2 on a visit to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea headquarters, which also ended their trip in the FA Cup this season.

This defeat was a crushing blow to Jurgen Klopp's squad, who had begun to lose ground in recent weeks. This is Liverpool's third straight loss in all competitions.

Last week, they were beaten 3-0 at Vicarage Road, Watford headquarters. This defeat stops Liverpool's unbeaten run in the Premier League this season, which also proves that Virgil van Dijk et al. not perfect.

Losing 0-3 from Watford then lost 0-2 to Chelsea in just a span of three days. What does Klopp say?

Different

The two defeats were equally disappointing, clearly detrimental. However, Klopp insisted that the defeat at Vicarage Road and the defeat at Stamford Bridge were not the same.

When against Chelsea, they gave their best and even deserved to win. Klopp must rotate to maintain the fitness of his squad.

"Our performance tonight [vs Chelsea] is totally different from at Watford. When against Watford we were really bad, tonight not," Klopp said at Liverpoolfc.com.

"Tonight was a super intense match. We made seven changes and we knew this match would be intense, because we knew this match would require players to keep on running, filling empty space in midfield."

Substitution Player

Klopp did remodel the squad a little. By lowering Adrian, Joe Gomez, Curtis Jones, Adam Lallana, Takumi Minamino, and Divock Origi as a starter.

He had to do it because last week his team had fought it out and Chelsea were not easy opponents.

"Looking at Chelsea's game, our style of play, it's clear that you always need acceleration. They do it constantly and that's why we have to make changes," added Klopp.

"About the performance tonight, I'm not worried. That's how football is, if you make a crucial mistake, then you will lose the soccer game," he said.

Source: Liverpoolfc