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Jurgen Klopp says he takes full responsibility for Liverpool’s current plight as he insisted: “I can’t blame the owners.”

The heavy defeat at the hands of Tottenham re-ignited the debate about the club’s summer transfer business after they failed to address their defensive frailties.

Fenway Sports Group have stood accused of not giving Klopp sufficient financial support, but the manager is adamant that’s not the case.

The Reds go into Saturday’s home clash with Huddersfield Town sitting ninth in the Premier League and in need of a boost after just one win in six league matches.

“I am 100% responsible for all this,” Klopp said.

“I know I am. I can not blame the owners. Even if I would want to shift the blame, I can not say the owners are the problem here or the players are the problem. No.

“I don’t think I am the problem. It is about relationships. We have to do things better. It is not that I don’t know how it should work.

“People maybe think that happens in football, that one day you lose half a brain or whatever, but that is not how it is.

“We have to create a mood and atmosphere where the players can deliver what is needed.”

Klopp himself has come underfire after a disappointing run of results left Liverpool 12 points behind leaders Manchester City.

The manager has been heavily criticised for opting not to pursue a Plan B after Southampton refused to sell centre-back Virgil van Dijk in the summer.

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But Klopp’s faith in his current personnel and his belief in his own ability to deliver success at Anfield is unwavering.

“I got so many messages this week saying ‘don’t listen to the pundits’. I had no idea what was said but I can imagine,” he said.

“People think maybe I’m not the right one anymore and stuff like this. Inside (the club) nobody thinks it. Not from the owners and not from me. We all want to do it the right way.

“Okay, we can try again like we did two years ago and bring in a new manager but the problems are always the same.

“Obviously the other teams are really good and you cannot be (immediately) better than them. But we are on their level when we play them usually.

“Tottenham was the first time it didn’t work. We all know that even though the result at City looks s***, we were on their level.

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“Now we go again talking about defending, players and our mistakes in the summer. It makes absolutely no sense.

“How can we think like this? We have to look in this direction - the future. We cannot talk about the same things as other people do - that this one or that one is not good enough.

“They are all good enough. My responsibility is to give them all the information they need to deliver. I feel responsible for that.

“I told the boys for me it’s really easy to take all the responsibility for the bad things. Maybe I didn’t explain it right or whatever.

“But for the first two goals (against Spurs) I have no clue. I’m thinking: ‘What? It’s impossible!’ but we’ll forget about it.”

It hasn’t all been doom and gloom for the Reds this week. Liverpool Academy striker Rhian Brewster scored back-to-back hat-tricks against the USA and Brazil to fire England into Saturday’s Under-17 World Cup final against Spain.

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With Academy graduate Ben Woodburn penning a new five-year contract and fellow youngsters Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominic Solanke having caught the eye in the senior ranks this term, the future looks bright.

Klopp, who is under contract until 2022, insists he will still be around when they fulfil their potential.

“I will be here, 100%,” he said. “I’m convinced I’ll be here when they come through.

“I cannot be responsible for the expectations of people in this part. But I’m responsible for the boys.”

Klopp’s pressing concern is to ensure he gets a positive reaction to events at Wembley. He admits the Reds are under pressure to deliver when Huddersfield visit Anfield for the first time since 1971.

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“If we ignore the Tottenham game and ignore the City game – I know it’s difficult but try – then we’d say we’ve played well, defended well and then like at Newcastle we’ve made one mistake, one goal,” he added.

“Watch City, watch United, they make mistakes but they don’t concede in these moments. We conceded in all of those moments when we make big mistakes.

“But we are still 100% convinced together and will try whatever we can. There is pressure, we cannot ignore that. Huddersfield at home we need to win. That’s how it is. We need to try everything.

“So far a lot of things worked really well but not even I can remember that now and say ‘yes it’s still good’ because Tottenham was a real knock. Thank God we had a few days to deal with it.

“We’ve got a lot of games to come and if we can do what we’re able to and use our experience then it can still be a wonderful season.”