Stoke vs Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp pleased with win but unhappy with finishing

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was satisfied after the 1-0 Capital One Cup defeat of Stoke City – but criticised his side’s difficulty in front of goal.

The Reds have a one-goal lead to protect when the two sides meet again in the second-leg of the semi-final thanks to Jordon ibe's 37th minute strike.

But they will possibly be without Philippe Coutinho and Dejan Lovren who were subbed in the first half as their injury list continues to grow.

The German said: "The only thing we can criticise is our finishing again. We had a good structure, played football good, everything was good but we don't make enough goals.

"The biggest problem for us is we have two and maybe three injured players again.

"Very frustrating. The problem is we had too much injury, when the players come back others are injured. It is a cycle that needs to come out.

"We have no break, no recovery, Players who never had a problem had no problems in pre-season are fine, for all other players it is up and down."