Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool lost belief after Southampton equaliser

Jurgen Klopp has urged his Liverpool players not to let their heads drop after they conceded a late goal against Southampton.

Sadio Mane struck four minutes from time to cancel out substitute Christian Benteke's header at Anfield, meaning Klopp now has three draws from his opening three games as manager.

The German, who took over from Brendan Rodgers earlier this month, insists both the players and crowd must stay positive - and revealed he felt his players had lost "belief" after the late setback.

He told Sky Sports: "What I saw after they scored, they were all so disappointed. We had nine or ten minutes to play [including stoppage-time], there was another chance, but there was no belief anymore in the eyes. 

"Nobody was able to push, say something positive at the moment. I think the fans were very disappointed too in this moment, because we all missed so much, but we have to be more calm in the situations we create.

"We work so hard, and then in the last situation we are not calm enough. They are strong enough, good enough, skilled enough, everything is there, but we are not cool, and that is the problem at this moment.

"We have to accept that things we don't like happen in a football game, but you have to stay in the race, that's all. 

"It's not the best moment. We knew it's very difficult, Southampton are strong in away games, we knew it would be hard work, only three days after the last game.

"We didn't create enough chances at the end. We lose three one-on-ones in the air and in the end the ball goes in."

Klopp's Liverpool are now in ninth place with just three Premier League wins this season, already six points off the top four.

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But the 48-year-old former Borussia Dortmund manager insists that the development process will not be achieved overnight, and says the current squad have the ability to succeed. 

"We can do better with the players on the pitch. I see that they want, 100 per cent want, to win, to fight, to give all they have.

"Now we have to go further, development is never a short race, it is always a long thing. This league is too strong to make it easy and think now everything is better. 

"When I came here I knew some things would be difficult, it's normal, teams don't wait for us."