Jurgen Klopp feels Thomas Frank has nailed one aspect of the game with Brentford (Picture: Getty Images)
Jurgen Klopp reckons Brentford are the ‘best set-piece team he’s ever played’ and was thrilled that his Liverpool team managed to keep them out in a 1-0 win on Saturday evening.
A Mohamed Salah goal made the difference at Anfield as the Reds kept their slim top four hopes alive with another three points.
It was a tight game and Klopp was delighted with his team’s defending from set-pieces, seen as he sees the Bees as better than any other team at causing problems from dead balls.
‘That game today was the best defensive set-piece session I ever saw in my life against the best set-piece team I’ve ever played, the most creative,’ Klopp told Sky Sports.
‘We didn’t concede a real chance with 50, 60 set-pieces, that’s how it felt at least. It was because the boys were really focussed, the boys were really there.
‘Could we have controlled the game better in moments? Yes, we could. But it was really tricky because they break the rhythm, not only with set-pieces but with the time they take with them. It’s all legal and all fine but it’s just very difficult to deal with.
‘I saw a lot of positive things again football-wise and from a focus point of view it was extremely good, because we stayed really focussed.’
Brentford boss Thomas Frank was pleased with his team’s performance, saying that it was clear the home team were uncomfortable with dealing with them.
‘We definitely could have gotten something out of it [the game]. High pressure was very good, we frustrated them a lot. Close to creating even more problems for them. I think in the first half, they only had the goal and Nunez chance when they normally start really fast,’ Frank told Sky Sports.
‘Second half we were creating a lot of problems for Liverpool and throughout the game, if the centre-backs, number six get a yellow card, you must have done something right that created a problem for them. If you get Alisson a yellow card at Anfield for time wasting then I think it’s OK.
‘Of course we want more, and if I could say one thing, it would be the quality in the final pass or cross that could have created more opportunities to score, equalize and then see what could have happened.’
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A huge compliment for the Bees.