Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool had only themselves to blame after they surrendered the initiative in the title race to Arsenal by failing to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford yesterday.
Liverpool dominated the match, but were wasteful in front of goal, and a bad mistake by Jarell Quansah gifted United an equaliser at the start of the second half.
A brilliant strike from new England debutant Kobbie Mainoo then put United in front, before an 84th-minute penalty from Mohamed Salah rescued a point for Liverpool.
Arsenal are now top of the Premier League table on goal difference from Liverpool, with Manchester City a point further behind.
Klopp promised his side would “keep going with all we have”, but could not hide his dismay at their lack of ruthlessness in front of goal
“We should have won the game, that is clear, but we caused a few problems ourselves,” he said. “You should not do what we do today constantly, that will not be enough [in the title race], definitely not. But we know that.”
Arsenal still have to travel to Old Trafford on the penultimate weekend of the season, but Klopp believes the Gunners will have too much for United.
“Arsenal are a good football team, and if [United] play like they did today, Arsenal will win that game, I’m 100 per cent sure,” he said.
“I am really sorry to say it, but we should have won both games [after losing to United in the FA Cup] and didn’t. That’s our fault.”
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United now trail fourth-placed Tottenham by 11 points in the race for the Champions League, and Erik ten Hag said he had “very mixed emotions” after seeing his side fight back to lead, only to throw away more points late in a game, after the 1-1 draw with Brentford and 4-3 defeat at Chelsea.
