Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has issued a warning to his team, urging them not to repeat their disappointing performance for the second time in a row when they face Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Sunday.
Klopp spoke highly of the Brighton side, hailing them as one of the best-coached teams. Nevertheless, he emphasized the need for his team to make amends on Sunday for their 3-0 defeat at Brighton in January, which he previously labeled as one of the worst performances he could recall.
“If we play like we played last year we will get a massive knock again,” said Klopp, who will be without the suspended Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota and the injured Cody Gakpo.
“Brighton had a few results which did not go exactly their way but that is a completely normal situation in their development. They made a lot of changes, lost top players – one of them we got [Alexis Mac Allister] – and still played incredible football.
“We expect a really tough game against the best-coached team in the league, I would say, because of where they are coming from. Graham [Potter] did a lot of good stuff and that is a really smart move from Potter to De Zerbi and they made really big steps: super consistent, different formations, different players, lineups and you always see Brighton football and I couldn’t respect that more.
“We have to put a few things right because you can look silly once but you should not look silly a second time.”
