Jurgen Klopp has criticised Liverpool for their “slapstick” defending as they suffered a humiliating 5-2 Champions League defeat against Real Madrid on Tuesday.
The Premier League club led 2-0 after 14 minutes through goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez but Vinicius bagged a brace before half time to level the scores — his second came from an Alisson mistake.
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Liverpool crumbled in the second half with an Eder Militao header and Karim Benzema double sealing a stunning comeback from the LaLiga champions.
“We gave all five goals away,” Klopp said in his postmatch news conference. “It means we could have done better there.
“In our situation, it is really important we see positive steps and the first half was, besides the two goals we conceded, was pretty much the best we played all season. The second goal was slapstick.”
