Emre Can admits Liverpool have defended “badly” this season - but he reckons their wastefulness at the the other end has been a bigger problem.
Only two Premier League teams - West Ham and Crystal Palace - have shipped more than the 12 goals Jurgen Klopp's men have let in this season.
However, midfielder Can said: "I've read a stat which shows that we had 120 shots in the past seven matches, and we only scored seven goals. That's clearly not enough.
“It’s definitely a fact that we have recently defended badly and conceded too many goals.
"But I still believe that when we scored goals, we won the games. Then nobody was speaking about the defence.
"The coach himself says we didn’t play badly. We almost dominated the opponents in all games and were the better team.
"Jurgen Klopp is convinced that only the necessary luck is missing to return to winning.”
Due to their issues in defence and attack Liverpool are already seven points off the pace being set by Manchester City and Saturday's opponents Manchester United.
But Can insisted: “At Liverpool, however, nobody questions the coach. Jurgen Klopp is a top-top trainer.
“As a team, we all want to work with him. Everyone can see the steps we've made with him in the past two years. We play good football, follow his plan."