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Jurgen Klopp felt his Liverpool side showed both sides of their character as they drew 1-1 with Spurs at Anfield.

The Reds boss saw his side go ahead in the second half through Philippe Coutinho but Harry Kane's 22 goal of the season secured a point for title-chasing Tottenham, effectively ending any lingering hopes of a top four league place.

It was the first half performance which pleased the Liverpool manager most where he felt his side was at their most dominant.

Asked if his side should have won the game or if a draw was a fair result, Klopp said: “Both. You saw the game. Both was possible.

“We got the draw and we could have won it in the first half, and in the second half too.

“We had a lot of really good moments but first half, I told the boys at half-time, it was like a stop and go game, always when our machine is on go.

“It was really, really good and then we had to stop and I don't know why.

“We have to watch it. Nearly all the moments Tottenham had in the first half was because we gave them the ball and that makes not too much sense.”

The second period saw Liverpool lose some control in the game despite taking the lead

“Second half we scored a brilliant goal but the start of it I didn't enjoy too much because nearly everything was a little bit less apart from the goal.”

Klopp hailed Dejan Lovren for a brilliant performance but felt several players could have done better for the Harry Kane goal which brought Spurs level.

He said: “The goal came after a cross, Rose probably. We thought the ball was out, obviously it wasn't.

“That happens in football, like in life. We switched off the machine and came too late from both directions.

“Of course Dejan who played a brilliant game, Clyney who had a really good game but in this moment, maybe another decision would have been okay for us.

“The same for Dejan but from the other side, from the midfield. You have to defend from both sides. Between Dejan and the ball was the big body of Harry Kane, a really nice striker, scored the goal.

“Then it was an open game, a bit more wild, two pressing teams but the pressing was not too good any more.”

the threat of Mousa Dembele was well neutralised by Liverpool in the first half but Klopp felt his side let him more into the game in the second period.

“We didn't defend as well second half as the first half. In their game you have to avoid the passes of Dembele between the lines, first half we did it brilliantly.

“Second half it was always one on one situations against Hendo, then trying to dribble against Emre and then dribbling against Milly. And then he played the pass at the end.

“It's not a problem, it's part of football, but then you are not dominant any more.

“In summary I saw a lot of good things today, a really good sign for us, our future but on the other side we showed again a little part of our problems.

“But it's much more difficult to show what we showed in our good moments than to finish our problems.

“We will find solutions for them 100% but it's a hard way and on the way we get a few knocks and today we got a knock. We have to accept it and carry on.”

Asked what he had said in a brief conversation with Harry Kane at the end of the game, Klopp said simply: “Something nice."