Jurgen Klopp not angry at West Brom draw but demands more at Newcastle

Jurgen Klopp insists he was not angered by Liverpool's home draw with West Brom and is determined to make sure "the same doesn’t happen again" when they travel to Newcastle on Wednesday.

The Reds missed the chance to move five points clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday after Semi Ajayi's late header ensured the Baggies left Merseyside with a point.

Klopp admitted afterwards his side only had themselves to blame for not breaking Sam Allardyce's side down, but believes they will learn from what he described as a "defeat".

Speaking on Sunday, Klopp said: "I want to win more than anything else but I had to learn so early in my life that it still doesn't happen all the time and that's completely fine.

"I like winning football games, especially when you deserve to win. To deserve to win tonight [against West Brom], I think we should have done more.

"We ran a lot, we fought a lot and that's all okay, but [we need] to do more of the right stuff.

"I'm not angry with them, that just can happen. A defeat is a defeat if you don't learn off it. We will learn off that again and then play football again."

Liverpool remain unbeaten in their last eight games in all competitions and thrashed Crystal Palace 7-0 in their last away match.

Asked about the importance of maintaining perspective following the disappointment of Sunday's draw against West Brom, Klopp said: "That's always important in life."

On his squad, Klopp added: "They're a top group. They were a top group after winning 7-0 and a top group after drawing against West Brom. That doesn't change. In the perspective from outside that can change, I can imagine.

"I'm not a young manager anymore and I can judge these things in the right way.

"We are not happy about it but now it's over. We cannot change that, we can just make sure in exactly the same situation, the same doesn't happen again."

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