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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool go into tonight's crunch showdown with Hoffenheim in a “good moment” - despite Saturday's rollercoaster 3-3 draw at Watford.

Having analysed the game at Vicarage Road, Klopp is convinced that it was poor officiating rather than wretched defending that cost the Reds maximum points.

Miguel Britos slammed home a stoppage-time equaliser from an offside position to deny Liverpool a winning start to the campaign.

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Klopp referenced how rivals Manchester United regularly benefited from those kind of tight decisions going in their favour last term.

“I saw a lot of good things in the first game. In the end it is not really fair,” he said.

“I don't imagine many people wrote that we won 3-2 according to the rules but, like Manchester United last year, their goal was offside.

“Can you remember the last goal we scored that was offside and was allowed?

“I'm not sure I can remember if that's happened since I've been here but I know it happened a few times the other way around.

“We had problems in the game but we should have had three points instead of one. Was I happy with the start of the game? No, I wasn't.

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“What we did in the second half we wanted to do from the first second but I couldn't see it at the beginning.

“I said to the boys afterwards that we have had five-and-a-half weeks of pre-season where it is clear what we want to do and how we want to defend.

“We have the quickest players on the wings. We didn't do it. I wasn't happy with the start but second half was better and I think we deserved to win.”

Klopp isn't concerned that a weakness in defending set-pieces could be exposed again in tonight's Champions League play-off first leg.

“Our offensive set-pieces were really good against Watford but against us – one was really bad and the other one didn't count," he added.

"You cannot say to defenders that offside is not enough at a set-piece. But, yes, from all the signs of pre-season and the first game I think we are in a good moment. Now we have to show it against Hoffenheim."