WOLVERHAMPTON, United Kingdom: Jurgen Klopp branded the goals Liverpool conceded in a 3-0 defeat to Wolves as 鈥渉orrible鈥� with the German admitting to being at a loss to explain his side鈥檚 disastrous form.
The Reds have taken just one point from their last four Premier League games to all but end any hope of catching the top four for a place in next season鈥檚 Champions League.
Klopp鈥檚 men trailed 2-0 inside 12 minutes at Molineux as Joel Matip鈥檚 own goal and Craig Dawson鈥檚 strike on his debut put Wolves on course to climb out of the relegation zone.
Ruben Neves added a third 19 minutes from time after Liverpool had dominated the early stages of the second half without reward.
鈥淐onceding early goals is not unfamiliar to us but the way we conceded them today was not acceptable,鈥� said Klopp.
鈥淲hen you see the whole game, throughout the game in moments we played an outstanding game without scoring and a good away game without scoring.
鈥淭he third goal I don鈥檛 count because it was the first time they passed the halfway line in the second half. The other two goals, going into a game with all the things we said during the week and before the game, then this is the start, is horrible.鈥�
Already out of both domestic cups, Liverpool sit 10th in the Premier League.
The Champions League appears to be their last chance of salvaging their season with a last 16 tie against Real Madrid to come later this month in a repeat of last season鈥檚 final.
Klopp鈥檚 side came close to winning an unprecedented quadruple of trophies last season.
But he appears incapable of stopping the rot as for the third consecutive away league game, Liverpool conceded three times.
鈥淲e better change it. That鈥檚 true, 100 percent. I have no words for it really, I鈥檓 sorry,鈥� he added.
鈥淵ou do yourself no favors in these moments, giving easy balls away.
鈥淲e were passive in the (first) two goals, everything we wanted to do was be compact and active but we were compact and passive. I can鈥檛 explain it. I think why would you do that? But they did it anyway.鈥�