Klopp has called on Liverpool to be more conscious in their defending after falling to a 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich in Singapore.
right-sided defender Joel Matip was caught out for the Germans' first goal when he failed to follow the run of Serge Gnabry,
Klopp admitted he was pleased with his side's overall performance despite the sloppy manner of conceding to Tuchel's side
Klopp cited the need for both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Matip to react better to the early stages of play down Liverpool's right-hand side.
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"Around the goals, obviously not that great, but there were a lot of other moments that were really, really good as well," said Klopp in his post-match press conference. "The last line was good. We have to still adjust."
"The first goal we concede, Trent [Alexander-Arnold] and Joel [Matip] have to react better. This pass, I don’t think it is [able] to avoid, to be 100 per cent honest.
"We cannot always be there and block all balls, sometimes balls will fly towards our last line. It was just a little doubt in between, but both stand on both feet – I am not sure exactly when it was, 30 minutes when they scored the first goal? – so we felt the intensity properly then.
"I think it was a similar time [in the] second half, between Joey and Ibou. It’s nothing about speed or whatever, it is just about awareness – check the situation.
"In football, there are no breaks. When you are really tired, that’s the thing you hate the most: there are no breaks.
"Apart from that, how I said, I saw a lot of good individual performances," added Klopp. "I think really encouraging, really positive, and we can work with that, that’s it."
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