Klopp's first comment after Liverpool fell to Brentford

German Boss Jurgen Klopp comments on Liverpool going down 3-1 to Brentford in the nineteenth round of the English Premier League at the Gtech Community Stadium on Monday, and Reds boss Klopp praised the display of the home side while also taking issue with some refereeing decisions. Klopp said in the press conference:" The start in the game was really good; we had top chances, could have – [and] should have – scored there already before Brentford had their first corner. I know people don't want to hear it, but they use everything in these moments and that’s why it is really difficult to defend. I have to watch it back, but I am pretty sure we could have probably won the header in the first-post area. Then the ball goes through, Ibou couldn’t see the ball when he arrived there, gets it on his knee and the ball is in. You know before the game they are really strong there, you cannot avoid all corners and this kind of thing. The game got decided by the second goal in the end, which is absolutely our fault and nothing else. We got away with an offside or whatever it was. That’s all OK and then we are not awake when they just go directly against our line again. They can cross the ball and there they score the second goal and that decided the game in the end. We had big chances in the first half, a free header [from] Ibou, Oxlade in the box when Thiago chips the ball there on the chest [but he] cannot control it. Of course, then [there was] Darwin and Kostas’ chances. In the second half, we start super, exactly like we wanted. We had Robbo down the line, crossing the ball in. You have the goal Darwin scores [where] he did exceptionally but in the end, it was slightly offside. Then we scored this wonderful goal from Oxalde, so that's all OK, but then with time, rhythm breaks, going down, and a lot of time running down the watch without any football action, we lost precision, we were not that clear anymore. When I criticize Brentford's style and say they go too far with interventions, don't get me wrong, that's intelligence from them, Brentford has a great atmosphere, and a good team and everything was good tonight except for the result for us. We felt the intensity of the game and then at the moment when we try to settle again, we conceded a third goal which should have been disallowed because it is a full-throttle sprint from two players and when you then get a push at this moment, you can lose balance and you go down. It is, of course, not a harsh foul or whatever, it is just a little situation, whistle it away but Stuart Atwell saw it differently. The VAR who checked it, hide then generally in these moments behind the phrase it is not clear and obvious. So, the second goal decided the game, the third goal shouldn’t have been allowed and we should have played better.