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Jurgen Klopp blamed the wind after Liverpool blew the Merseyside derby stalemate against Everton.
Liverpool were held to a goalless draw at the local rivals Klopp's side sit one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League table.
Mohamed Salah and Fabinho were good chances at Goodison Park as the Reds lost control of the race.
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"It's OK," said Klopp told Sky Sports postmatch. "I know people do not like it when I say that, but the wind is a lot of things that it did not help any football play, especially when the ball was in the air a lot.
We said – I think it's really difficult, I'm not sure if they count it on target – Mo it was really big, Fabinho really big.
"It's a 0-0 in a derby, we keep our unbeaten run against Everton. [that] is easy to accept because, how I said, difficult game. "
Salah, Liverpool's top goalscorer this season, has not scored in his last matches and squandered opportunities in either half against Everton.
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford denied the Egypt international in a one-on-one situation after 28 minutes before a poor touch allowed for Michael Keane to make a last-ditch, recovery challenge in the second half.
"When you see the situation, he's doing everything right [until] the last moment, "Klopp said." We had our moments. There's no reason for taking it or not taking it.
"It's really the pitch sometimes, the boys are able to score situations like this, but it's an inch on the boot.
"On another day, it's all that happened." That's how it's done.
"There's nothing to be concerned about, we're talking about the free-flowing Liverpool side, it's all good.
"We need to constantly show stability – that's what we did again – and fight for the result.
Klopp took off striker Sadio Mane for midfielder Adam Lallana in the 84th minute and when asked if the series of draws indicated he should take more risks, the German snapped.
"I'm really disappointed about your question." "It's football – we do not play Playstation," he said.
"Do you think we did not want to be enough risks today? Was there any draw where we did not like to win?
"We are offensive enough, we do not work like that."
When the reporter suggests he might have brought on another attacker, Klopp said it was not the right moment to take a cavalier approach.
"You can not start with a striker in a striker way with nothing else to do to score," he added.
"We are an offensive team and we are absolutely okay, we do not like it, it's not like that, it's not the moment when we say, 'Come on now, throw everything in that direction.'
"You can not play in the Premier League like this." We play next week against Burnley and we only play offensive, they kill us on the counter-attack, 100 percent.
"We take all risks, but you can not take more than 100 percent risk.
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