Klopp on replacing Salah: I am the one who makes the decisions

Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp did not give clear answers about his team's poor performance in the match they lost 0-1 at home to Chelsea on Thursday night, as part of the 29th round of the Premier League lifetime.

Chelsea was the best party in the match, and was satisfied with a goal scored by Mason Mount in the 42nd minute, knowing that he had scored a goal before that through Werner, the referee canceled it after using video technology, due to the presence of offside.

As for Liverpool, it was unable to impose its rhythm in the match, to settle in seventh place, with 11 matches remaining before the end of the season.

"The individual quality of Monte at that moment made the difference," Klopp said in statements to Sky Sports. "It was a close match, the two teams worked to win."

He added, "They scored a goal that was not counted due to the presence of offside. In the second half there was another counterattack. We had a great opportunity for Mani and several chances during which we could not score."

"You have to defend in a different way. We did not do a good job in this regard, many things must be taken into account there, in the end we received one goal, we made a mistake at that moment."

"The other goal was offside, and you can say that the defense was good, but with the control we had, we had to create more chances, everything looked good until the last pass," he stressed.

This is the fifth consecutive loss Liverpool have received at home, but Klopp refused to have bad results related to the location of the match.

"Unfortunately, we cannot say that the situation is related to Anfield," the coach said. "In general, it is related to the need to improve at crucial moments, we have to show our quality at these moments, we are not doing this enough."

Regarding Mohamed Salah’s substitution a quarter of an hour after the start of the second half, Klopp commented, “I involved refreshed legs. Salah seemed to be suffering a little. He played a lot of matches. ".

In other statements to the BBC, Klopp said about Salah switching, "At that moment it seemed as if he was suffering from the intensity of the meeting, I was not willing to take the risk, it is okay, I am the one who makes the decisions that I think are appropriate at the time."