Klopp: We can't dwell on past
Jürgen Klopp insists that there is no time for self-pity for his side following a disappointing result on the weekend ahead of tonight’s semi-final clash against Stoke City in the Capital One Cup.
Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to West Ham United in the Barclays Premier League halted the momentum gathered from a succession of wins against Leicester City and Sunderland over the festive period.
However the German is asking his men to not dwell on the past and focus on the first leg encounter at the Brittania Stadium.
“We have a few more injuries and so it is not the best moment for us but we have to think about everything to do with Stoke,” Klopp told the Liverpool Echo.
“If you think about problems in your own life too much then they rarely get better. You need help from outside and that is what I try to do for the boys.
“I try to give them the right information and the right advice on how we can change things. That’s what I am responsible for and what I always try to do.
“We have still to find our way. Everyone can see we find it sometimes but there is not the consistency we need.
“There are a lot of simple explanations but it is our situation and we have to take the next game and try to do our best.”
The 48-year-old is also wary at the lack of goals his side are scoring and Klopp admits that there is plenty for his players to work on if they are to improve their scoring tally.
He added: "First of all, sorry. The mother of all goals is the opportunities, the chances, so we have to have them and then you have to use them.
“We need to be more concentrated, be more greedy, be more disciplined, be more everything.
“There are a lot of goals scored from set-pieces in the Premier League, not only against us in all the games, we had situations when we’ve been in a position to score in these situations so we have to do this more often.
“We are often in situations where we can score goals and we don’t use them. You need confidence, you need to run, we made goals in several games, six against Southampton and things like this, so we know where the goal is, that is the good thing.
“But we have things to work on. We have big problems with injuries with the strikers so we have to work, it’s not dreamland. We know the numbers and it’s not good but we can do better.”
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