Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp urged his team to get back to basics as they prepare to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday in the FA Cup third round replay after a humiliating 3-0 loss in the Premier League against Brighton.
Cup holders Liverpool drew 2-2 at home to Wolverhampton earlier this month after Hwang Hee-chan scored the equalizer in the 66th minute and were lucky to get away with the equalizer after Wolverhampton's late goal was ruled out for offside.
And if Liverpool beat Wolverhampton, they will face Brighton again, who scored three goals against the Merseyside side in both league matches this season and dominated from the start in Saturday's victory. "The problems of football are solved by the mechanics of football," Klopp told reporters. "The team should have played better against Brighton. It shouldn't have been that difficult."
"We have to play aggressively, close the spaces and put pressure on the opposition. We have to defend better. In many moments, the spaces seem too big and we have to defend hard. We have to go back to basics, that's what we have to do". Klopp said Liverpool would field the strongest possible squad against Wolves.
He added, “(Wolverhampton) is going through a good period, and is playing well at home. He won the match at the weekend 1-0 at home against West Ham United. It will be a difficult confrontation.” Not all the players who played the last match are fully ready for various reasons, and we will make changes. We want to win the match.
"I can say to the players who lost at Brighton, you put us in this situation. Let's see how we get out of it.. I will make decisions and we will make changes, it makes sense." The German coach, who previously indicated that Liverpool were unlikely to sign more players in the January transfer window, said his team was not weak.
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