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Jurgen Klopp

LIVERPOOL. — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he was finding it difficult to take positives from the 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield on Saturday.

Liverpool were held as they failed make their dominance count, having had 35 shots and over 70 percent of possession.

They were unable to build on Mohamed Salah’s 29th-minute equaliser to Scott Arfield’s opener, and Klopp told a news conference: “Why we feel so disappointed or frustrated is because we all see what this team would be able to do.

“Seven changes and playing that kind of football — nobody should take that for granted, it’s pretty rare, so that’s good. Obviously we have quality and now we have to use this quality consistently.

“We have still space for improvement, that was clear before the season, but we could have won pretty much all our games so far when you think about the performance.

“That’s a very important thing, so we have quite a good form or shape. Yes, we have to improve, but [there are] a lot of really positive things.

“Unfortunately, I still don’t feel any positivity in this moment, I am still in the 1-1 mood, but it is easy to see all the positive things from tomorrow on again. They are there.”

Philippe Coutinho made his first start of the season after he was denied a move to Barcelona in the summer and was substituted late on in the second half, with Klopp saying he needed further game time to regain his sharpness.

“He needs rhythm,” Klopp said. “We didn’t want to change him, it looked a little bit confused when we brought the subs on because I asked him and it was a thumbs-up. — ESPN