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Jurgen Klopp says he wasn’t surprised by Liverpool’s late capitulation against Sunderland as he admitted: “We make too many mistakes.”

The Reds boss missed Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix but analysed the contest at home 24 hours later.

Liverpool led 2-0 with eight minutes to go but Adam Johnson’s free-kick then eluded Simon Mignolet before Jermain Defoe punished some hesitant defending from Mamadou Sakho.

It’s a shocking statistic that in the 26 matches the Reds have conceded in this season, they have conceded from the first shot on target in 21 of them.

“Of course it seems to be too easy to score goals against us,” Klopp said.

“We’re on minus four with our goal difference and we’re ninth in the table. That’s not really normal. That’s special.

“In decisive moments, we make too many mistakes. That’s the situation.

“It’s always different. It’s not (always) two goals in the last 10 minutes. That hasn’t happened to us too often.

“You lose one goal and you get nervous. If the game changes, one situation is enough.

“We could have scored a third and a fourth before that. That’s how it is. But you are not clear enough in these situations.

The only thing not allowed is to stop trying

“It was not a complete surprise that we conceded the second goal against Sunderland to be honest. It was not: ‘Wow! How can it be?’

“I was in bed and I thought: ‘Okay’. I was not sure that we would win it. That’s the situation.

“But everything is okay as long as we take these things and try to get better because the only thing that’s not allowed is that you stop trying. I think it’s obvious that the team is always trying.”

Klopp’s spirits were lifted by the manner of the goals scored by Roberto Firmino and Adam Lallana which had put the Reds firmly in control.

However, the Liverpool boss, who will be back in the dugout for Tuesday night’s FA Cup replay at West Ham, was frustrated by what followed.

“It’s about bodies in the box,” he said.

“We always talk about it but when I saw the cross from Milly (James Milner) and saw the header from Roberto, the box was full of our players. That’s really good.

“The second goal was a perfect play. Adam was cool in the situation.

“For the future, we have to find a more stable way for us. Where it’s really difficult for them to score, but a little bit more easy for us to score. That’s the target for us.

“We have different problems, but we have to fight during the season for each result.

“We still have a lot of things we can reach this season. We have not only the final, we can go to the next round in two other cups so that’s really positive.

“In years like this, you need that. I think we have seasons like this too often, but to change things you must make the right decisions. For the right decisions, you have to collect the right information.”

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The return of Daniel Sturridge should certainly help with the striker, who hasn’t played for two months, due to make his comeback against the Hammers.

Klopp is hoping Sturridge’s injury woes are now behind him and he can give the Reds’ flagging a season a much needed lift.

“I think everybody hopes this in the case,” Klopp said.

“Daniel hopes it. I hope it. When we saw him in training, then yeah, you know why everybody is waiting for him.

“In this moment, it is thumbs up. And now if it’s possible, don’t let us think about the past, and how it was, maybe now we can start.

“Why shouldn’t it be possible? It’s possible. And then everything will be good, and hopefully in one year, we don’t want to talk about this any more. I don’t know if it’s realistic, but we will see.”