Jurgen Klopp has told his Liverpool players to be “ready to fail” in front of goal as their Premier League goal drought continued.
The Reds dominated possession but struggled to fashion clear chances in a dreary goalless draw at home to leaders Manchester United on Sunday.
Roberto Firmino spurned their best opportunities in the first half before Thiago Alcantara drew a decent stop from United goalkeeper David De Gea late on with a shot from range.
It means Liverpool – who are still the top-flight’s leading scorers this season – have gone three Premier League games without a goal for the first time in almost 16 years.
And Klopp said: “There’s nothing fundamentally different. It’s just the result is different.
“We try and we don’t score, or we try and we score. That’s a big difference, to be honest.
“We have nothing to worry about but obviously we work on it. It’s not that we ignore the fact and just hope that it will be good again.
“The only possibility you have to score goals is to create situations – to be ready to fail and then do it again.
“That’s a massive difference between when you are flying when you score with pretty much each chance you have. You deal with the missed chance better then. That’s the difference, nothing else.
“I saw my team playing tonight and I saw a really good football team with a clear idea with super passes, great counter-press, great desire to score – but we didn’t score.
“We will create chances and we will score.”
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Klopp added: “We face Burnley on Thursday and they are not famous for conceding a lot of goals.
“And then a few days later we play again against United who defend with all they have.
“It’s not that we just decide ‘we will score again’ and we will do it.
“I see the boys in the situation and I will help as much as I can to change it as quickly as possible.”
