Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has defended his decision to take Mohamed Salah off during Sunday’s English Premier League Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Klopp replaced Salah in the 67th minute with Roberto Firmino after the Egyptian star had scored the opener in the 42nd minute for the Reds.
The goal was Salah’s 13th goal in the Premier League and 19th in all competitions this season.
“That is my job. I make decisions that I think are right. It is your job to say afterwards if it is right. We lived more or less in their box. We could have scored earlier. I have to live with that,” Klopp told Sky Sports.
“I can see it in everyone’s eyes, when we win everyone thinks it is a good idea. When we don’t I take the blame. I took Salah off and put Firmino on. I have been asked if that was a mistake, that it is my life. I think the performance shows we made the right decision, but the result does not.
“Twenty-one days, seven games. We can push them through until one is injured and then people say the squad is not deep enough.
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