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“It feels as though 98% of the goals we concede are from set pieces!”, moaned Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after Sunday’s 2-2 draw at home to West Brom.

But just how vulnerable are his side to dead-ball situations?

Despite Divock Origi’s last-gasp leveller, the Reds boss was obviously feeling sore after both the Baggies’ goals at Anfield from Craig Dawson and Jonas Olsson came from set pieces.

We’ve already got used to Klopp’s eccentricities though – which include wild exaggerations with numbers when it comes to making a point – in the build up to last week’s Europa League game in Switzerland he declared: “It’s 10 weeks since we last played Sion - in England that is 425 games in between!”

So just how many times have Liverpool’s defence been breached from dead balls this season?

Ahead of West Brom’s double, there have been six other occasions.

Before Klopp took over, Manchester United got two in the 3-1 win at Old Trafford in September with Daley Blind netting from a Juan Mata free-kick and Ander Herrera converting a penalty.

Norwich City’s Russell Martin also scored from a corner-kick in the 1-1 draw at Anfield in the following Premier League game.

Since the German took charge there have been five more – all at Anfield.

Sadio Mane netted from Gaston Ramirez’s free-kick in another 1-1 draw; lifelong Red Scott Dann grabbed the winner from a corner-kick in a 2-1 win and Henri Saivet put Bordeaux ahead with a free-kick after Simon Mignolet was penalised for holding on to the ball for too long in a game Liverpool would battle back to win 2-1.

The Reds have therefore conceded eight set piece goals and when you consider that they’ve let in 25 in all competitions so far this term that’s 32% of their total.

So far in the Premier League, there have been 424 goals scored and 118 of these have been set pieces.

That’s an average of 28% of goals coming from dead ball situations so while such failures to keep the opposition out remain frustrating, the Reds are only slightly above the average.