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Jurgen Klopp insists it was wrong to make Alberto Moreno a scapegoat for Liverpool’s defensive problems in their 4-3 win over Arsenal.

The Spanish left-back was heavily criticised by pundits and supporters alike for his erratic performance at the Emirates but the Reds boss has cleared him of blame for the first goal.

Moreno burst upfield as Liverpool looked to counter-attack and when Adam Lallana was dispossessed, Theo Walcott made the most of the space the defender left behind him as he drilled the Gunners in front.

However, rather than Moreno being guilty of neglecting his defensive duties, Klopp says he was only carrying out orders and the real problem was other players not reacting quickly enough to the danger.

“I was not too happy with our defending in the first half,” Klopp said.

“The chances they had were when we lost the ball. They had good counter-pressing.

“For the first goal, Adam Lallana lost the ball, he had no real chance to keep it as (Francis) Coquelin made a really good tackle and a good pass.

“We know what we did wrong and only to explain in this case it was not Alberto.

“In the game, you see him running (forward), but we had four players there. We didn’t know who was where, who had what job to do.

“We need the player to jump out to make the offensive transition, but we also need the other players there to fill the spaces.

“This is a process. We want it but two hours training today, tomorrow does not mean you know it in a game because you are under pressure.

“This decision is made from here (points to stomach) not here (points to head). Time, experience, success, good results - all that stuff means we can do it more easy.”

James Milner is in contention to replace Moreno at left-back for Saturday’s trip to Burnley after recovering from a heel injury.

Klopp insisted he had yet to make a final decision over the line-up for the game at Turf Moor but what’s clear is Moreno remains part of his plans going forward.

The Reds boss. who is unlikely to buy another left-back in this transfer window, believes he can work with the former Sevilla full-back and improve him. Klopp has told Moreno to ignore all the recent stick and focus solely on what he’s asked from him.

Klopp added: “I’m the only person Alberto has to please? Of course.

“With criticism it is always the same. I’ve had a week to analyse the Arsenal game. It was better than I thought.

“We had difficult moments but we need to find a common way because last year we did not have a lot of time to analyse all our games. When we would have done it, it was already one day before our next game so we could not really analyse.

“Now we need to learn together. We can make the players understand how I analyse and in the end for being part of the squad it is only important what I think. Maybe that is not too cool for the world but in the end I have to make decisions.

“When I criticise it is often very positive, not because I want to be positive, but because I don’t want to forget the things that were positive.

“When we speak about situations in team meetings, it’s not about the player who was involved. It is about how can we find common solutions so we are not in situations like this.”