Due to a lack of collective cohesion and individual errors, the hosts gained the upper hand in the Europa League match.

The Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, acknowledges that the team’s defensive performance is of greater concern to him than the impact of VAR in preventing a late Europa League draw in Toulouse.

The hosts took a 3-1 lead due to individual errors and a lack of collective cohesion, but Diogo Jota’s 89th-minute goal, which followed an own goal by Cristian Casseres, brought them back into the game and set the stage for a dramatic conclusion.

Jarell Quansah, a 20-year-old center-back, believed he had equalized in the seventh and final minute of added time. However, after a lengthy delay, referee Georgi Kabakov was instructed to examine the pitchside monitor and determined that Alexis Mac Allister had handled the ball, despite the fact that it had initially rebounded off his chest very early in the move for the goal.

“Upon revisiting the video, I am persuaded that it is not a handball, but how can I be certain?” As stated by Klopp.

“To be candid, I am slightly more concerned about the fact that, in all honesty, I would have preferred to see us perform better.” That is my primary concern for the evening.

“In the end, we threw everything into it and were intense, but in football, decisive decisions must be made at the appropriate time to be successful.”

A side that made nine substitutions since the draw at Luton on Sunday was unable to establish any rhythm or structure, and opponents who had just been defeated 5-1 at Anfield a fortnight prior capitalized on the situation.

They were not helped by the crucial opening goal conceded to Aron Donnum due to Kostas Tsimikas’ error in possession involving drowsiness in possession.

“We must never again concede the goals that we conceded,” Klopp continued.

“An initial goal is conceivable; however, a second goal transpired in a comparable circumstance: we were completely exposed, our last line was too deep, and the opposing team counterattacked.

“They scored five goals, but two of those were disallowed, which is obviously undesirable.” Although the outcome is unfavorable, the execution simply fell short of expectations.

“The defeat was largely deserved, as they emerged victorious in nearly every decisive engagement.” Too many times did we come close to winning the ball but failed to do so.

“Additionally, we easily gifted the ball at least twice; one of those occasions resulted in a goal, and the classification of the other goal between allowed and disallowed is uncertain.”

“On the defensive, it simply did not perform well enough.”

A three-match winning streak is snapped with the loss, and while Liverpool remains first in the group standings, their lead has been reduced to two points.

In addition, they failed to secure the early lead and consequently skipped the additional play-off round in the knockout phase, despite the fact that a victory by LASK over Union Saint-Gilloise would have extended their lead to an insurmountable margin.

As a result, the race for first place in the group will be decided in the final round if Toulouse prevails over Union in their upcoming match. Liverpool’s trip to Belgium coincides directly with the Premier League visit of archrivals Manchester United. Klopp would have hoped that the fixture would be a dead rubber so he could rest players.