Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Adam Lallana apologised for his horror miss in Liverpool’s draw with Manchester City.
Lallana had a golden opportunity to allow the Reds to retake the lead at the Etihad Stadium after Sergio Aguero had pulled Pep Guardiola’s side level.
But the England international’s hopes of rounding off a fluid counter-attack by the visitors backfired as he fluffed his lines when teed up by Roberto Firmino.
Despite the blunder denying Liverpool maximum points, Klopp admits that he was perplexed by Lallana’s attempts to apologise at the final whistle.
He said: “After the game Adam immediately said to me sorry, and I thought ‘why?’
“Now I know why he thought he had to say sorry but he doesn’t have to because his performance today was outstanding again.
“Obviously he is one of the best, if not the best, player technical wise I’ve ever worked with. If he can’t (score), then I thought because he had worked so hard before.
“The goalkeeper was good today, so maybe he made a movement. Or he was surprised that we played like this because we did not 20 times before.
“But these things can happen.”