Liverpool were caught out from a set-piece as Mats Hummels beat Adam Lallana in the box to head past Simon Mignolet - and Klopp has taken some responsibility for that man-marking setup.
“In the second half, a set-piece, and how it is in football that’s a fault of all of us,” Klopp said. “I decided to have Adam Lallana in this position instead of Divock Origi, sorry for this.
“We could have avoided the cross, of course; then Mats Hummels scored the goal but we were still in the game.”
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“We thought it would make sense to start with Divock – it’s nothing about Daniel [Sturridge],” Klopp said.
“Daniel played the last few games. It’s completely normal, a completely normal thing in football. Now he is fresh and can play against Stoke, that’s good for us.
“He came in and immediately had a brilliant moment. You could see how strong he is in one second. Nobody can say what would have happened if we had started with Daniel, maybe we would have been better, I don’t know. But it was a decision.
“Divock played well and it was not too brave [a decision], to be honest.”