Jurgen Klopp admits his Liverpool side were 'not good enough' in their defeat to Brighton

Brighton stunned Liverpool after they ran out 1-0 winners at Anfield against the Premier League champions on Wednesday night (February 3) thanks to Steven Alzate's cushioned volley to finish off some wonderful build-up play.

Jurgen Klopp admitted his side were not good enough against Albion and put his side's second loss at home this season down to fatigue.

The German manager said: "Disappointed, nothing to smile about really. Tough one to take. A really tough week, two away games, two very intense games and tonight we looked really like we weren't fresh enough mentally and physically.

"We played against really good opposition, that’s clear.

“We looked mentally not fresh. They deserved to win. We wanted to play better and more convincing. We lost too many balls in promising situations. I know the boys can play pass A to B but today B did not seem reachable.

“We had a really tough week. Brighton is a football-playing team.

“We were not fresh tonight and that’s when you have to find a way. Each player can play better than they did tonight. I know them, it’s not because they didn’t want to. Something else must be the reason.

“If we make too many chances we lose rhythm. That leads to the situation where Brighton beat Liverpool and deserve it.

"Brighton deserved to win, no doubt about it. For me it's more important to find an explanation for why we lost this game and understand what happened here tonight. We didn't look convincing.

"Nothing good to say about it, it's over. Whatever set back we have to try and come back but we make more changes and then we have no rhythm so it's a problem. This week was hard, we lost our second home game in a row, but we can't change anything now we have to work with it."

Klopp also mentioned Brighton's solid 5-3-2 formation and the presence of Dan Burn.

He said: "We didn't create a lot. Not good enough to break the formation of Brighton. They scored and that's why they deserved to win. They scored a goal, they had clear ideas, passing the ball to Burn, they got the goal from there. The best way to defend Brighton is to keep the ball."