Jurgen Klopp has urged Alberto Moreno to ignore his critics as he told the Liverpool left-back: “My opinion is the only one that matters.”

The Spanish defender endured a personal nightmare against his former club Sevilla in midweek which led to Klopp taking him off midway through the second half.

That sparked calls for Klopp to recall summer signing Andy Robertson, who hasn’t featured for the Reds since mid-September. However, Klopp has indicated that he will keep faith with Moreno for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea at Anfield.

“I didn’t read it but I can imagine what people were doing (after the draw with Sevilla),” Klopp said.

“I can’t be interested in that. The only thing that I try to really teach the players is that the only thing that is important is what I think for their future.

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“My back is big enough to take what people say about me – if I trust him or have faith in him. I’m not too interested. We have to carry on. The problem is the whole world watches our mistakes. That’s the problem. Television and all that stuff.

“A lot of people say things about it, a lot of former players are saying things about it. That’s our life, it will never change. We don’t have to think about it.”

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Moreno’s form had been good prior to Tuesday night when he was responsible for Sevilla’s first two goals as they fought back from 3-0 down to earn a point.

There will be no knee-jerk reactions from Klopp when it comes to picking a team to face Chelsea. Most will get the chance to make amends for that second-half capitulation in Spain.

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Asked if he could trust his side given their inconsistency, he said: “Yes. Of course. It depends what you expect.

“Do I expect perfection? Then I cannot trust that is true.

“If we win 3-2 or 4-2, which was possible easily, it’s exactly the same story. I cannot ignore that. The moment we conceded the third goal everybody changed everything. Not for me.

“If you don’t close the game, it can happen. We could have defended that situation better. At 3-2 we could have scored. There was a counter attack – Mo (Salah) to Emre (Can) but the pass couldn’t come to Sadio (Mane) in front of an empty goal.

“We made mistakes but they made mistakes. They made a lot of mistakes by the way. Of course I can trust this team. We could have done better in a lot of games but that doesn’t minimise my trust. That’s the thing you have to accept.

“I think it was the best line up we could have chosen. Somebody may think we could have played Emre from the beginning but there were not a lot of things with the line up we should have changed.

"We didn’t close the game and in an atmosphere like this then things like this can always be possible.”