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Published 14:59 21 Jan 2017 GMT
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But the Liverpool's defence had a collective brain fart and Gylfi Sigurdsson slotted home with 16-minutes to go. Swansea held-on and moved out of the relegation zone.
In search of an equaliser, Klopp sent-on Joel Matip in stoppage-time. The 6'5 central defender went forward and Liverpool attempted to hit long passes towards him and pick-up the second ball.
Such direct tactics are common when a team is trying to salvage something from a game, and Klopp was arguably correct to instruct his team to play direct.
However, some found it ironic that, just a few days after appearing to criticise of Manchester United's "long-balls", the Liverpool manager was employing an identical tactic.
"It is so intense. They play long balls, it was a wild game. There was a lot of action in the last few minutes," Klopp said following the 1-1 draw against United at Old Trafford last Sunday.
Those comments were always going to be mentioned after his team went direct in the final minutes of the Swansea game.
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