Signings won't solve Liverpool defensive woes, says Klopp

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Jurgen Klopp denied there was any quick fix available in the market after Liverpool slipped to a 2-2 draw with Sevilla.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp refused to blame the defensive problems that cost his side a win over Sevilla on a failure to sign a top-class defender.

The Reds were the dominant side in their opening Champions League group game at Anfield on Tuesday but were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw, as errors and a missed penalty from Roberto Firmino proved costly.

"I know you are always looking for this thing – the defence was always something being talked about. 'We didn't sign this or that'," he told a news conference.

"If these problems could be solved by one player, you can imagine we would have put all our money into it and say: 'Let's do this'.

"It is about being dominant and losing a bit of a grip on the game in all the defensive moments. There is space for improvement. We need to learn to be dominant and not give easy goals.

"It is not a general defending problem but we have to improve 100 per cent."