The war between Jürgen Klopp and Real Madrid begins; Europe trembles

Ninth. Eleven points off the lead. The reigning continental runners-up's start to the season has been several notches below expectations. Liverpool lack intensity, cohesion in attack and greater concentration in defence. The Anfield outfit have won just three games so far in the league and have not found a way to turn their poor run of form around.

After the international break, and ahead of the visit of Rangers in the Champions League, the Scousers will be looking to get back on track. Klopp also spoke about Florentino Pérez's speech at Real Madrid's general assembly. The Real president continued to argue for the creation of a European Super League.

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'I think we should play fewer football matches, so we would have more time to train, but I have no opinion on what he said. After the Napoli game we realised that we hit rock bottom and that we had to change things quickly. We didn't play Wolverhampton, but we played Ajax. Then we didn't play Chelsea, so we couldn't continue the good feeling we had against Ajax. Later we hosted Brighton, a very good team, and we conceded two goals very early on. When you see a problem and you think you have the solution you expect to be able to fix it instantly, but in football that's not usually the case'.

On the question: 'What conclusions do you draw from the draw against Brighton? Klopp replied: 'If we had won the game we would have had a different feeling, but the problems would still be the same. We have to improve in almost everything. We were in a similar position just two years ago, when we lost all our centre-backs, but we found a way to solve it. That's what we will do now as well.

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Finally, the German manager also responded on whether the Liverpool squad has lost confidence: 'Do you think Cristiano Ronaldo has a lot of confidence at the moment? It happens to all of us. Lionel Messi started last season in much the same way. You have to take a step in the right direction, and when you are ready then the confidence comes back. In individual sports you can fight your way out of it. In a team sport you have to do it all together. It can be more complicated.