While Klopp was delighted with his side’s ‘exceptional’ start to the game as they raced into a 3-0 lead after just 15 minutes, he was disappointed with how Liverpool lost control of the match to Spurs.
Jürgen Klopp:
"The start to the game was absolutely exceptional again, it was some of the best we've played this season for sure,” he said. “Being 3-0 up against a pretty defensive set-up of Tottenham and the way we scored the goals and the way we played offensive and defensive was absolutely exceptional.
"Then it is the problem of being 3-0 up that early, we are not the first team who misunderstand that. It shouldn't happen but it happened anyway.
Not immediately but the first goal of Tottenham is the first moment when we don't defend properly and we are not in the counter-pressing situation, that is why we end up with the long ball and it is not offside.
"Virgil slips which can happen but we shouldn't have a situation like that. They score and they are brilliant in these situations.
"Half-time, I told the boys the positive stuff but of course they have pick up rhythm because if we play the way we started the game then they have no way to defend us really.
“It's tricky with the five at the back and they are flexible, but unfortunately we couldn’t pick up rhythm again. It was not bad, more of an even game than it should have been. We shouldn't have conceded.”
He continued: “Credit to Tottenham, they have one goal, hit the crossbar. It's hectic when you create these situations and it's difficult to deal with.
“The team who is 3-1 down starts believing more and the team 3-1 up starts doubting a bit and then all of a sudden, the game is open.
"Then they score the second and the last minute, more or less, the free-kick on the side, [the referee] misses a foul on Mo, their defender (Ben Davies) slips but we are not allowed to play on. There is the foul, a free-kick goes in and it's a goal.
“All the Tottenham strikers were on the pitch could we have defended better. It's really difficult, the ball is in the air and it's chaotic to sort properly.
"So then it's 3-3 and it doesn’t feel great but then Diogo had a different idea and finished it off for us. That's the best part of the whole afternoon.
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