Just a reminder of what Klopp actually said after the match:
"Against a team like Tottenham, it is not decided and in the end we needed luck in one situation and Ali in two other three other situations. Until 72 or 73 minutes, I think, we had 77-80 per cent possession, so it is a big challenge to come here and have that amount of possession knowing about the counter-attacking quality of these players on the pitch. It was intense, really, but I think we deserved the three points. It was not our best game we played so far, but it was a very good one and, as I said, [we played] really good football in a lot of parts of the game and in the end a proper fight. All good."
I know Graeme La Saux on American TV said Liverpool looked tired to him at the end of the match. The only time I really noticed it was the time Gini got caught in possession and when they created the chance that Lo Celso missed. That's when Klopp was screaming at players, I think for letting the wide player hit that cross in without much of a challenge. If you watch after that, the team gets back to battling hard for every ball and controlled possession more like they had for the first 70-75 minutes.
As I mentioned before and as Klopp mentions in the quote, playing a good team it's unrealistic to think they might not fashion a chance or two over 90 minutes. They made attacking subs and gave it a go, and we held on for the win. It's great that Klopp and Virgil and Hendo have identified areas to improve upon in closing out the match, that's part of how we got to this spot. But there's no need to reassess our training programme or whatever. We are in control.
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