Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp Responds Casually To Blunder Mac Allister: Difficult To Face Ex

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister. (photo: Instagram.com/@liverpoolfc)

JAKARTA - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp responded to Alexis Mac Allister's moment of making a blunder that led to the breaking of the team's goal. This situation occurred when Liverpool faced Brighton & Hove Albion.

Mac Allister was appointed as Liverpool's starter at Brighton's Amex Stadium on Sunday, October 8. This is the first meeting for Mac Allister to face a team he has played for since 2019 until last summer.

In fact, the first meeting with this former team did not go smoothly. Because Mac Allister actually made a fatal mistake in the 20th minute because he had the wrong chance of anticipating Virgil van Dijk's pass.

The 24-year-old player seemed to be overshadowed by the moment when he was still part of Brighton's players.

Although in the end Liverpool could equalize 2-2 at the end of the match, this Mac Allister blunder received a relaxed response from Klopp.

"The most difficult thing to do is face a former team and then return to play as usual after making a mistake like he (Alexis Mac Allister) did," Jurgen Klopp said.

"We want to put high pressure on them (Brighton & Hove Albion) but maybe our time is not right. There was a situation that almost happened when we were close to achieving it and then the challenge in footballer life was to keep going," continued Klopp about the situation on the ground.

Even though the match ended in a draw, Klopp still appreciated what his team had done on the field. He also admitted that Brighton's troops appeared by putting great pressure on his team.

"The players get quite a lot of rewards for the efforts they make. Putting the team under pressure is important and that's what happens. Mistakes can happen," Klopp understood.

"The second half we played an incredible attack and ended with Ryan Gravenberch's shot hitting the crossbar. I don't think Brighton will give up but it will definitely help us. Everyone who enters, finds it difficult to get the rhythm of the game and the result is a draw. That's all," concluded the manager.