Klopp on Dortmund defeat, Keita's role and Sturridge form

Virgil van Dijk headed the Reds in front of the Bank of America Stadium before the break and they had the better of the early exchanges

But as tiredness set in, the Bundesliga Pulisic penalty midway through the second period.

The USA forward then put his team ahead one minute from time with a low finish and it was his strike that was parried into the path of Jacob Bruun Larsen for BVB's third. The conclusion of the International Champions Cup clash, Klopp on the performance and the result of Naby Keita and Daniel Sturridge

Read on for a summary …

harsh scoreline …

We've said it's a few times. We lost, Dortmund scored three and we scored so that's a result. For both teams it was very difficult circumstances, the humidity and all that stuff. I think a few players thought after five minutes: 'Wow, where are we here?' So that was the football we played in the first half. It's quite difficult in the moment -Dortmund have exactly the same problems – with these mixed line-ups to get kind of an organization. We saw this in the first half. Fabinho position-wise should be the guy who organizes but with Adam Lallana around him, Curtis Jones and the two wingers it was not easy.

The beginning of Dortmund was good, then we controlled the game kind of but we did not create chances. But we scored the goal after a nice set-piece. Set-pieces were probably the most positive thing today. In the second half we played much better against a different Dortmund side. Our pressing was much better. Dortmund tried to play and played our cards, if you want, which helps a little bit to do this. We won the balls but we did not have the balls. The surprise is that we scored the goal in the first half and not in the second half. We had two big chances after set-pieces again with Dom Solanke and Joe Gomez. We had a big, big chance with Ojo. Daniel was in a few good moments. We had these moments and we loved it.

We had two drinks breaks in our own half, around our box. We lost the ball again, had it back and lost it again; Pulisic can go in the box and it's a penalty. Dortmund scored a similar goal against City. That can happen, I do not like it but it can happen and it's easy to explain. We've had a lot of things to do with you, but we still have a lot to do with it.

At one time we could have scored and had this very tight offside situation. I watched it back and they were both onside but we can not change that anymore. It felt like that in the game. It would have been two big chances, James Milner alone in front of the goal. It does not really help us and we did not want to excuse the result but we had these situations and we did not use them. Then Dortmund scored a second and the third was really too much. The fourth would have been possible after we lost the ball again, you could see morality was really down. We have to learn from it, that's how it is, and then we have to go again.

On Keita's performance …

He can do much better, that's clear. He was exhausted, he was really done in the last few minutes when they scored on the counter-attack. Usually Naby is fit and around the situation. I thought it was the third goal, he could not do it anymore. Aim, football-wise, he is a very good way because he's a naturally skilled player. In small spaces his first few yards are outstandingly quick, so that changed the situation a lot. He was good in the game and the last game, maybe the half-time was 10 minutes too long for him. Today it was very intense for both teams; we trained this morning we would have a matchday but that's how pre-season is. We still could have won the game but we did not. We have to talk about it because you ask questions we do not want to think too long about it.

On the midfielder's position …

He is a creative midfield player with discipline; tactical discipline is a big strength of his usually. He's doing the right things right now, that's how good players are. I do not want to give him 500,000 [pieces of] information. We got him because he is the player. That means we are going to adapt to our system. I see him as an '8', he can play '10' as well, maybe in the future he can play '6' as well. At Leipzig, he played as a winger, that's for sure he can not play it because he has the speed for it, he has the football intelligence for it. We see him as a creative No.8 playing the ball and making the ball. With the ball he has the same speed as without, you do not have a lot of players with this quality. We know what it is, but it should not be a big problem.

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