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Jurgen Klopp admits he was “really happy” Alisson Becker made the blunder that threatened Liverpool's 100% start to the season.

Alisson has attracted strong criticism after gifting Leicester City a second-half goal that left the Reds hanging on for a 2-1 win at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

The goalkeeper was dispossessed after attempting to dribble beyond Kelechi Iheanacho who then set up Rachid Ghezzal to score.

Alisson's error came less than a week after he startled many Liverpool supporters with his footwork in the home win over Brighton and Hove Albion.

And Klopp said: “To be 100% honest, I'm really happy that it happened because we don't have to wait for it now.

“Last week everybody was talking about it, and people were saying some day it will be difficult. I was like 'sure, yes'. Today you saw it – don't do it that way! Now we can carry on.

“He is 0.0% arrogant. He is confident. And he can do it. It's like with our centre-halves, they play passes and if they play a s**t pass, then they still have to play passes. And defend, and all that stuff. That's how it is.

“I don't look for anybody who is responsible. Of course it was Alisson, but we should have cleared the situation beforehand, and it was not a situation where you should pass the ball back to a goalkeeper.

“Still it was okay. We make decisions in a second, and one second later he realised that was the wrong one.”

Alisson's response to the error was praised by Klopp, particularly given the manner in which he was continually goaded by the home supporters.

“I don't think he is the type to get influenced (by the crowd),” said the Reds boss. “I'm pretty sure.

“You need a lot of things to do what he's doing, and one of those is confidence. If you make one mistake and the confidence all goes, then that really makes no sense.

“That's why I said I liked his reaction. It was a big mistake, everybody was kind of waiting for it after last week.

“Then he did it, and the crowd were on their toes but that's normal. But he was still cool. And that's the only thing I'm interested in.

“You can never take back mistakes. Reaction is always important. And I was completely fine with that.”

Klopp, though, has dismissed concerns opposing teams may now look to capitalise on Alisson receiving the ball to his feet.

“That's good!” he said. “I've said it before, we shouldn't use him as a solution, but as an option. If the goalkeeper is in space, then use him.

“But if the opposition are quickly on the goalkeeper, then don't play the pass there. If we play the pass in the wrong moment, then it's our fault.

“But if we use their runs to turn and pass the ball somewhere else, then we should have a bit more space to do what we actually want to do.”