Jurgen Klopp labelled Liverpool’s January performance at Brighton as the ‘low point’ of his managerial career and said he could not remember any of his teams playing so badly. Ten months on the German insists they cannot afford to be ‘silly’ again when they return on Sunday.
The Reds lost twice at the Amex Stadium in a fortnight to start the year - a 3-0 humiliation in the Premier League and 2-1 in the FA Cup two weeks later - which summed up the hectic nature of a much under-par season for Klopp’s men.