Jurgen Klopp has acknowledged Liverpool are enduring a tough run but insists performances have not been as bad as results suggest.
The defending Premier League champions are top of the table again but have won just two of their past six matches.
Rivals Manchester United, who have a game in hand, have moved level on points with the Reds at the summit ahead of the sides meeting next weekend.
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"We were not waiting for [this run of form] and we do not enjoy it, but it's not unlikely that these kinds of things happen," Klopp told a news conference on Thursday.