Neither Gomez's misses nor Fabinho's poor play, this is what infuriated Klopp against Forest

Last Wednesday against West Ham (Liverpool won 1-0 thanks to a great header from the Uruguayan striker), Alcántara was unable to take part due to illness. And in the same game Núñez came off after 57 minutes because he had already felt muscle strain at half-time. Klopp said on BT Sport on Saturday: "For Darwin, this game against Nottingham comes too early, he still feels the intensity of the game against West Ham on a muscular level, so there was no chance he could play this Saturday. Maybe he could have played if the game had been played on Sunday or Monday.

On Alcántara: "Thiago had a serious ear infection on Friday night and we decided on Saturday morning that he would not be called up. The German coach hopes to have both players available for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League Group A fifth-round tie against Ajax in the Netherlands. This zone is led by Napoli with 12 points, followed by the English team with nine points, Ajax with three points and Rangers at the bottom with no points. Liverpool return to Premiership action on Saturday 29 October, when they host Leeds at Anfield in Round 14.

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After a pair of consecutive Premier League victories, the Reds lacked a game and a goal against the bottom side and slipped to a surprise 1-0 defeat to remain off the pace in the league. "I can explain the performance, but not the result," Klopp told BT Sport after the game. "I never saw a game where a team has four or five obvious set-pieces. We have to capitalise on those situations," he added.

"The way they defend, we were perfectly prepared for that. We always had a free player - Bobby in the first half, Virgil two or three times. We should have defined the game with those chances," he added. On the other hand, Klopp claimed that both Taiwo Awoniyi's goal and the rest of Nottingham Forest's risky chances were the result of his team's mistakes. "All the chances they had we gave them, because we kept giving wrong passes in the middle," the German explained.

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"In terms of results, we should have shown consistency today. We should have taken the win if we converted our situations," he reiterated about the missed chances. "They are a great team and Steve [Cooper] is a fantastic coach, but we had to win here. We didn't, so credit to them," he said. Liverpool face Ajax on Wednesday in the Champions League before returning to Premier League action next weekend against Leeds United.