Middlesbrough v Liverpool (Weds, 19:45 GMT)
Jurgen Klopp was hoping Loris Karius would adapt to his skills of 'close your ears' after the criticism he received last week.
But the Liverpool keeper has been on the receiving end of even more flak with plenty of pundits having their say following yesterday's result against West Ham United.
Questions about the 23-year-old are bound to crop up again at today's news conference to preview Wednesday's trip to Middlesbrough, but it would be a big call to replace him having made it clear Karius is the Liverpool number one.
Depending on Dejan Lovren's fitness we don't expect too many changes. Daniel Sturridge is still not available.
The boys are responsible'
Jurgen Klopp's side have been shipping goals recently, two yesterday and four the weekend before.
"It’s quite difficult to work on free kicks or deflected balls. In most situations, we have been good in defending," he said.
"Yesterday we had a little bit of a problem, there is a clear rule, the boys are responsible for the good things and the bad things.
"I remember my meeting and it was about striking back, then we were really too offensive, no protection."
Klopp on Karius' mistake against West Ham
Jurgen Klopp #Karius "I have no influence on the questions you ask. Whatever I would say about this would create headlines - good and bad."
'Now you have your headlines'
Wondering what Jurgen Klopp's response to Gary and Phil Neville criticising his side - and goalkeeper Loris Karius in particular - would be?
Here you go...
Klopp #Karius "The Neville brothers don’t like Liverpool. Now you have your headlines.” #LFC
Klopp #Karius #LFC "Pundits are former players who have completely forgot how it felt to be criticised."
Klopp #Karius "You can tell him (Gary Neville) I'm not on Twitter so if he wants to tell me something don't do it on Twitter." #LFC
'My job is to protect players'
Regarding criticism from pundits, Klopp added: "My job is to protect the players as much as we can, but I can’t do that when they’re on the pitch.
"I’m not surprised about it. In my first press conference I spoke about English media, and the pundits, the former players, forgot completely how it felt when they get criticised."
'We are good enough to fight'
Klopp jokes that the title race is over, and says there is no point "counting the points between you and the other teams" at this stage of the season.
"In the last 10 games you need to be in a position to fight for something," he added.
"We are good enough to be fighting at the top. Only the good teams can fight for it. If the gap is getting bigger because of our results, it’s our fault. We don’t think about the distance of the two teams."
Time to 'strike back'
Klopp says his side have to "strike back" after dropping points against West Ham at the weekend.
"You do right, you force situations, in other situations we could have done better," he said. "We never forced an own goal with a hard pass with crossing in our box.
"There are a lot of things for us to analyse but only two days until the next game, so we have to do a few things, make little changes. We are still in a good way. It’s our mistake, cost us five points."
'Nevilles don't like Liverpool'
If you missed that Klopp rant about the Neville brothers a few minutes ago then here are the quotes again: "The pundits, former players most of them, forgot completely how it felt when they got criticised.
"Especially the Neville brothers; the one who was the manager he obviously should know that too much criticism never helps.
"But he is not interested in helping a Liverpool player I can imagine but that makes things he says not make more sense.
"He showed he struggled with the job to judge players so why do we let him talk about players on television.
"I don't listen to them. I am pretty sure Carra (Jamie Carragher) doesn't speak too positive about Manchester United players.
"Obviously the Neville brothers don't like Liverpool, I have no problem and if they can cause bigger problems then we have already they have tried. By the way, you can tell him I am not on Twitter so if he wants to tell me something Twitter doesn't help."
Jurgen Klopp was hoping Loris Karius would adapt to his skills of 'close your ears' after the criticism he received last week.
But the Liverpool keeper has been on the receiving end of even more flak with plenty of pundits having their say following yesterday's result against West Ham United.
Questions about the 23-year-old are bound to crop up again at today's news conference to preview Wednesday's trip to Middlesbrough, but it would be a big call to replace him having made it clear Karius is the Liverpool number one.
Depending on Dejan Lovren's fitness we don't expect too many changes. Daniel Sturridge is still not available.
The boys are responsible'
Jurgen Klopp's side have been shipping goals recently, two yesterday and four the weekend before.
"It’s quite difficult to work on free kicks or deflected balls. In most situations, we have been good in defending," he said.
"Yesterday we had a little bit of a problem, there is a clear rule, the boys are responsible for the good things and the bad things.
"I remember my meeting and it was about striking back, then we were really too offensive, no protection."
Klopp on Karius' mistake against West Ham
Jurgen Klopp #Karius "I have no influence on the questions you ask. Whatever I would say about this would create headlines - good and bad."
'Now you have your headlines'
Wondering what Jurgen Klopp's response to Gary and Phil Neville criticising his side - and goalkeeper Loris Karius in particular - would be?
Here you go...
Klopp #Karius "The Neville brothers don’t like Liverpool. Now you have your headlines.” #LFC
Klopp #Karius #LFC "Pundits are former players who have completely forgot how it felt to be criticised."
Klopp #Karius "You can tell him (Gary Neville) I'm not on Twitter so if he wants to tell me something don't do it on Twitter." #LFC
'My job is to protect players'
Regarding criticism from pundits, Klopp added: "My job is to protect the players as much as we can, but I can’t do that when they’re on the pitch.
"I’m not surprised about it. In my first press conference I spoke about English media, and the pundits, the former players, forgot completely how it felt when they get criticised."
'We are good enough to fight'
Klopp jokes that the title race is over, and says there is no point "counting the points between you and the other teams" at this stage of the season.
"In the last 10 games you need to be in a position to fight for something," he added.
"We are good enough to be fighting at the top. Only the good teams can fight for it. If the gap is getting bigger because of our results, it’s our fault. We don’t think about the distance of the two teams."
Time to 'strike back'
Klopp says his side have to "strike back" after dropping points against West Ham at the weekend.
"You do right, you force situations, in other situations we could have done better," he said. "We never forced an own goal with a hard pass with crossing in our box.
"There are a lot of things for us to analyse but only two days until the next game, so we have to do a few things, make little changes. We are still in a good way. It’s our mistake, cost us five points."
'Nevilles don't like Liverpool'
If you missed that Klopp rant about the Neville brothers a few minutes ago then here are the quotes again: "The pundits, former players most of them, forgot completely how it felt when they got criticised.
"Especially the Neville brothers; the one who was the manager he obviously should know that too much criticism never helps.
"But he is not interested in helping a Liverpool player I can imagine but that makes things he says not make more sense.
"He showed he struggled with the job to judge players so why do we let him talk about players on television.
"I don't listen to them. I am pretty sure Carra (Jamie Carragher) doesn't speak too positive about Manchester United players.
"Obviously the Neville brothers don't like Liverpool, I have no problem and if they can cause bigger problems then we have already they have tried. By the way, you can tell him I am not on Twitter so if he wants to tell me something Twitter doesn't help."
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