Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp dismissed doubts about his defence after their 4-3 victory over Leeds United.
Virgil van Dijk struck on the day, but was also criticised for his performance.
Klopp said, "I didn't really see us struggling defensively, it's just the way they play, you cannot defend it 100 per cent all of the time. The goals we conceded, the first goal, both full-backs were deeper than the centre-halves and that should never happen in football, actually. But then you need the opponent to use this situation and they did. The second goal I think was a misunderstanding between Virgil and Ali.
"Things like this can happen – should not, but they can – and I don't think we will see these situations very often when these two boys are not exactly clear what the other one is doing. The third one, we changed Hendo I think a minute before, or not long before, so they came through. It was a throw-in, our formation was not moving and we didn't close one gap. So, again, to use the situation like that you need the game plan and also the bravery of Leeds in this situation."
He added: "All top teams but all different ways of defending, so it can happen then. If all these things are not really settled: people say they've played 500 games together, but defending is not like riding a bike, you have to work on it constantly. Like I said, [there's] space for improvement."
