Jurgen Klopp Backs Liverpool Squad
Jurgen Klopp is retaining the faith in his squad ahead of Tuesday's FA Cup fifth-round showdown against Chelsea in London.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he would be a "real idiot" to doubt his players after their unbeaten Premier League streak came to an end.
Saturday's shock 3-0 loss at struggling Watford dashed Liverpool's hopes of going through the Premier League season undefeated – snapping a 44-match unbeaten run.
Liverpool, though, remain 22 points clear atop the table and on track to claim their first league crown since 1990.
"I am not a little bit in doubt about the character of the boys and I would be a real idiot if I would be because they deserve my trust, my faith, and they don't lose it after a bad game," he said.
"It can happen that I get angry but I didn't get angry with the players in this meeting. If I go in that meeting and shout at them like they have lost the last 10 games because of a bad attitude that would be really strange. I am not interested that after the meeting I feel better. I am interested in the boys getting the right information.
"The situation we are in is special. Who can give us advice? Could I say that is the way we have to deal with it because I was there 20 times before and we dealt with it like this and it always worked out? No.
"I was never in a situation like that. We came through an incredible long period with incredible performances, sensational football, wonderful goals and great success until this point.
"There is a reason for losing a game and I prefer seeing the reason than not knowing why. It was not that the fortunes changed or that destiny wanted to give us a knock. We were just not good enough. That is the easy answer and that is filled with a lot of information that the boys get but not too much because we don’t want to think about that game for too long."