Jurgen Klopp’s dream like start to life at Liverpool has turned into something of a festive fright-fest in the last two weeks.
The German boss was left raging as his side slumped to a 2-0 loss to Newcastle last week.
Were it not for a 95th minute goal from Divock Origi this evening they would have slumped to a loss to West Brom at Anfield.
Liverpool took the lead through Jordan Henderson, but an horrific mistake from Simon Mignolet allowed Craig Dawson to nod home an equaliser
30 – Mignolet fails to claim a West Brom corner into the box and Craig Dawson pounces on the loose ball to blast in an equaliser (1-1) #LFC
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 13, 2015
Klopp has previously stated he’s happy with his current number 1 but we feel that this statistic could change his name after today’s howler.
Simon Mignolet: No player has made more errors that have led directly to a goal in the last 3 PL seasons than Mignolet (8)
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 13, 2015
Tim Krul and Joe Hart have also made eight mistakes in the same amount of time.
@Sean_Lunt he’s on 8 according to the database I checked when I did the stat 🙂
— Jenny Brown (@cfc_jb) December 13, 2015
Mignolet’s blushes were spared by his international colleague, at the death. The lengthy injury time due to an horrific knee injury suffered by Dejan Lovren.
But even after making a goal-costing mistake Mignolet still showed his lack of common sense.
Mignolet just asked Klopp if he could go up for a corner. Klopp told him to go back in goal,
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) December 13, 2015
