LONDON: Jurgen Klopp vowed not to “cry like a five-year-old” if Liverpool fail to deliver the players he wants in the January transfer window.
Klopp’s injury-hit side have slumped to fourth in the Premier League after five games without a win.
The champions sit six points behind leaders Manchester United and lost at Anfield in the league for the first time since 2017 when Burnley won 1-0 on Thursday.
The crux of Liverpool’s crisis is a series of injuries to defenders Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip.
Van Dijk and Gomez are long-term absentees and Matip has battled fitness issues, forcing Klopp to use midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson at centre-back.
Liverpool have been destabilised as a result, but Klopp has been unable to convince his employers to bring in a…
