Klopp upbeat despite Reds stalemate

Jurgen Klopp insists there were positives to take from Liverpool’s draw with Southampton despite the Reds losing top spot in the Premier League.

Klopp’s side top the scoring charts so far this season but were kept scoreless at St Mary’s allowing Chelsea to leapfrog them at the top of the table.

Despite that, the German manager was not overly concerned about the result – with Liverpool keeping a first clean sheet in 12 away games in the league.

And he believes that the Reds could have come away with nothing on another day, particularly after a below-par first-half performance.

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“You have to take the small things – it’s a point. We have one more than before the game, that’s OK,” he said.

“Usually a game like this, you lose, and we lost games like this already. We really were fighting even for the draw and that’s good and important.

“I saw the crowd after the game and they were happy with the performance and they didn’t expect that we [would score] four or five, they knew it’s difficult.

“I like this common idea. It’s hard work, and we were not surprised about it, but first half we were not brilliant.

“The second half was much better, we should have won but we didn’t, but that’s easy to accept because I’ve had to accept worse results than this.”