Thursday 6 April 2017 15:38, UK
Jurgen Klopp has urged his Liverpool players to be more like Chelsea as they bid to secure Champions League football next season.
The Reds are third in the Premier League but only six points ahead of fifth-placed Arsenal, who have two matches in hand, after an 87th-minute equaliser from Josh King earned Bournemouth a 2-2 draw at Anfield on Wednesday.
Liverpool have sometimes struggled to get results over the line this season but Klopp blamed a lack of experience and said they would do well to follow the example of Chelsea, who have dropped just eight points from winning positions this term compared to the Reds, who have dropped 15.
"Probably [if it was] Chelsea, for example, the opponent would not have the ball three times in the last 20 minutes I think," Klopp said.
"Yes, we don't have this experience. Probably you need things like last night to get more experience than this, even though [the result] was not that good.
"On the other hand, we've probably still scored the most goals in the Premier League so far [66 - five more than Arsenal], so it's part of the game that we try to create moments all the time. We have to get more experience in this, for sure."
Divock Origi, who made it two goals in as many games with what he thought would be the winner against Bournemouth, insists it is not the time to panic.
"The situation is not dramatic, we still have a lot to play for and we took a point," the Belgium international told liverpoolfc.com. "If you look at the game, we put a lot of energy in, a lot of work, and we created a lot of chances but the details count at this level.
"We have to sit down and see what went wrong and what was good and move forward, because there are still a lot of points to play for.
"We just have to stay strong and in a couple of days we have Stoke, a very important game, and football [moves] quick so let's try and go and win this game. We knew that the race would be tight but, as you've seen, other teams that go for the top four can drop points as well.
"We all know that we have one goal. We have to move forward and make sure that the things that went less well don't happen again and just try and take as many points as possible."
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