Michael Owen believes Jurgen Klopp will be concerned by Liverpool 'coincidence' in win over LASK
Michael Owen believes there are some concerns for Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool had to come from behind to beat LASK in the Europa League.
The underdogs went in at the break in the lead as Florian Flecker's superb half-volley gave the Austrian Bundesliga side a shock advantage. Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah extinguished the prospect of an upset in the Reds' competition opener to send them to the top of Group E.
It was a familiar feeling for Klopp's side as they once again found themselves a goal behind. In four of their last five matches, Liverpool have had to overcome a deficit to claim the points and it was a similar case from their triumph over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
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A poor first-half was eradicated by a strong second 45 at Molineux, with Cody Gakpo, Andy Robertson and a Hugo Bueno own-goal maintaining their unbeaten run in the Premier League.
In Austria, Liverpool came close to restoring parity in the first-half at the Raiffeisen Arena through Nunez but his header was kept out by the reflexes of Tobias Lawal.
The Uruguayan would get the better of the 23-year-old Austrian shot-stopper 11 minutes in the second-half as Nunez converted the penalty after Philipp Ziereisi was adjudged to have fouled Diaz. Owen believes the growing trend of falling behind will be a worry for Klopp and his backroom staff.
"I think he will be slightly concerned, they'll probably look at it and think 'why has that happened? Is it a coincidence? Does it happen too much to draw some conclusions to it?" He said.
"The overriding feeling would be a little bit of relief,
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