‘You can see’: Jurgen Klopp makes claim about Leeds United winning goal at Anfield straight after Champions League games last night

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has made a claim about Leeds United’s winning goal at Anfield straight after their Champions League clash last night.

Klopp’s men put their 2-1 defeat on Saturday night behind them as they beat Napoli 2-0 last night.

Late goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez ensured Liverpool got revenge on Luciano Spalletti’s men after they were thrashed 4-1 in Naples back in September.

But Klopp is clearly still frustrated about his side conceding a late goal against Leeds on Saturday night.

Crysencio Summerville’s 89th winner handed Leeds a massive three points but the Reds boss is still disappointed by the manner in which they conceded the goal.

Klopp makes claim about Leeds winning goal

The Leeds winger managed to create a yard of space inside the Liverpool penalty area, despite having two defenders around him.

Summerville poked the ball past Alisson Becker and into the bottom corner, much to the delight of Jesse Marsch.

Now, Klopp has told Liverpool’s official website that he is still massively disappointed by the defending from his side for the goal.

“We don’t doubt the quality, I don’t think anybody doubts the quality,” Klopp said after last night’s win.

“But that’s part of the problem as well – we don’t show consistency. That’s why I mentioned the second goal against Leeds as an example for our situation.

“It’s a situation where you have to defend with all you have but we are chasing the game, even when it’s around our 18-yard box. And you can see nobody wants to have a throw-in for Leeds and they can let time run down, and nobody protects the box pretty much because everybody thinks, ‘We have three players out there, we will win the ball.’

“That’s a little bit the situation we are in, that’s why we have to make a proper step back and tonight we did that.”

You can understand Klopp’s frustration as his side have been inconsistent in the Premier League while performing well in Europe.

But you can’t take anything away from Leeds as they performed excellently on the night.

Liverpool certainly could have dealt with the situation more effectively as Wilfried Gnonto was allowed too much space to deliver a cross into the box.

Summerville also had Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez right next to him, but was allowed to take two touches before putting the ball in the back of the net.