Draw 2-2 Against Brighton, Klopp: This Is The Right Result

Jurgen Klopp's manager admits Liverpool have to work hard before beating Union Saint-Giloise in the Europa League game. (Twitter @LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpool coach FC Jurgen Klopp assessed that the 2-2 draw his team got when away against Brighton & Hove Albion at the American Express Community (Amex) Stadium was a fair result for both teams. The two teams met. in the 2023/2024 Premier League continued, Sunday, October 8, WIB. Klopp considered one point worthy to be obtained because both teams played tight matches throughout the match. Livescore noted that the statistics of the two teams were thin. Liverpool have 54 percent possession, compared to 46 percent owned by the home team. For a shot at the goal, both teams shot 14 kicks together where Liverpool recorded four shots on target and Brighton with three kicks on target. "It was very intense for both teams, so I think this is the right result at the end," Klopp said, quoted from the club's official website via Antara, Monday, October 9. In that match, Simon Adingra put Brighton ahead (20’) which was then rewarded with two goals from Mohamed Salah (40’, 45+1’) to close the first half. In the second half, a pair of Lewis Dunk (78’) scored 2-2 and lasted until the end of the match. "The advantage 2-1 is a great result for the first half here because it's a very good team and it's hard to keep it around the clock," Klopp said. On the same occasion, the German coach regretted his team who could not add an advantage in the second half when they got some golden opportunities, one of which was from a flick in front of the goal from Ryan Gravenberch who hit the bar in the 54th minute. According to Klopp, if the third goal happens then it will change the course of the match and the opportunity to take home three points from the Amex Stadium will be wide open. "I think it was clear in the second half we should have scored for the 3-1 position, there were one or two very good chances but because we didn't score there, we kept the game open," Klopp said. Meanwhile, Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk after the match commented on the two goals scored by Brighton where in the first goal he admitted his mistake in providing feedback to Alexis Mac Allister who had been pressed by three opposing players which led to Simon Adingra's goal. For the second goal, the Dutch national team defender assessed that Andrew Robertson, who was supposed to block the free-kick before Lewis Dunk's goal, experienced miscommunication because he thought goalkeeper Alisson Becker would secure the ball.

“ I think Robertson heard the screams and he thought it was Alisson, it was a miscommunication and shouldn't happen. But no one wants to make a mistake, "” explains Van Dijk. Furthermore, one additional point did not make the two teams move from the previous ranking where Liverpool remained in fourth place with 17 points and Brighton did not move from sixth place with 16 points.