5 Times Jurgen Klopp blamed odd reasons for not winning

#2 Opponent injuries

Manchester United's substitutions cost Liverpool the game in Klopp's eyes

The game of football is extremely volatile as it entails its fair share of injuries. The ailments strike like a bolt from the blue and are harder to deal with due to their unpredictability. Thus, if a team is ravaged by injuries mid-game, one would be tempted to provide them with an allowance.

However, if one blames the opposition’s injuries as an excuse for his own deficiencies, that borders on being ludicrous. And guess what, Klopp did so recently.

The Reds were playing at Old Trafford when Manchester United had to make all of their substitutions in the first half itself. Hence, the advantage clearly lay with the former with the latter hamstrung.

A listless performance followed and instead of coming clean and admitting his side’s failure to benefit, Klopp decided to say that the opponents’ changes impacted his side negatively.

As long as the German continues to win, these reasons would only be looked at as a deviation mechanism where the players are absolved of any criticism. Yet, if he conjures such excuses on a more regular basis, he might go down the same route as the boy who cried wolf.