Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool's failure to properly deal with last week's draw with Manchester United had a knock-on effect as they were beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Eberechi Eze's first-half goal condemned the Reds to their third defeat of the Premier League campaign and their first at Anfield since October 2022 in the top flight.
The damaging setback leaves them behind both Arsenal and Manchester City in the race for the title and Klopp referenced last week's 2-2 draw with United, and the circumstances of the game itself, for why his team were unable to muster a response against a Palace side who hadn't won for 10 away games prior to Sunday.
"I am not 100% sure in general how we dealt with the United games particularly helped," Klopp said. "We lost the game in the FA Cup and it was like a catastrophe because we were so good and lost there anyway and then we draw there, were really good for a long spell and we just drew it.
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"That is not the reason for today but you asked [about a lack of conviction] for a few weeks, so the problems we had in the United game were different to the ones we had today. The goals we concede are too easy, that is probably a general thing, that is true.
"We all, players and me included. We expected a reaction and we saw a reaction that we lost in that game more than a game, so it didn’t help.
"And on top of that, the game before that, against United, we lost points. We were always too wide. The goal we concede, it ends up with Eze free in the box, that cannot happen. But we
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