“We have some really impressive scorelines but you don’t expect that to happen all the time and I have no problem with winning a game 1-0,” Klopp said. “That is where we have to be ready. We have to be that stable and consistent when the opponent has the ball. There is no reason why someone has to get through. That is where we can 100% improve.”
Liverpool could go top with victory over Brighton but Klopp said: “Nothing happened yet: it is matchday 10 with 28 after that to come. It is just a really OK start but even in that start we had our downs; maybe not results but moments we were all not happy with.”
Although Naby Keïta may make a swift return on Saturday after he was injured at Old Trafford, Klopp is likely to be without four of his eight midfielders, with Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, James Milner and Harvey Elliott probable or definite absentees.
Klopp opted not to replace Gini Wijnaldum when the Dutchman left for Paris Saint-Germain but explained: “You can buy another four or five players and never have that problem again, but you can never have the atmosphere in the squad which is much more important to win something than a squad with 40 players.”
