Jurgen Klopp Says He Celebrated Too Early During Liverpool vs. Southampton Draw

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted his excitability got the better of him on Sunday after Christian Benteke put the Reds ahead only to surrender a late equaliser to Southampton in their 1-1 draw.

Anfield witnessed their new boss display the kind of touchline passion he's become renowned for as a manager, but the 77th-minute outburst proved premature, Klopp admitted, per the Press Association's Carl Markham (h/t Daily Mail):

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It was an absolutely fantastic goal. I learned in my life you should celebrate a party when you have one as you don't know when the next one is. It was a moment. Now I know - don't celebrate too early. Hopefully we don't have to wait too long (for the next one).

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Klopp's leaping sideline antics became something of a spectacle during his time with Borussia Dortmund, and they play a part in his reputation as a manager who's truly motivated to promote attractive football.

However, he went on to highlight a sense of doom and gloom surrounding his players once Sadio Mane converted a late equaliser for the Saints, suggesting there must be a more hopeful response in the future, via Markham:

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They work so hard and are full of concentration and passion. Everything is there but we concede one goal and it felt like the end of the world. But it is not the end of the world, you can always come back. I really don't understand this pressure in this moment but the guys feel it and you can see it.

The free-kick; everyone knows you should not concede things like this against a team like Southampton with their strength in the air and there were three one-on-ones in the air and it is a draw. We did not give up physically but we didn't believe any more that we could turn this game and that is a problem.

I wouldn't say it is a negative mentality. First of all you have to recognise it is like it is, it is not a sickness and you can change everything.

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Liverpool fans and neutrals alike can only hope the Reds give the German more reason to get out of his seat and that Klopp doesn't become too apprehensive about jinxing his team when it does strike.

The Merseysiders have drawn all three of their games under Klopp's command thus far, as Liverpool continue to feel the effects of Brendan Rodgers' reign, which ended with the club being regarded as a dull force.

Kristian Walsh of the Liverpool Echo asserted it will take time before the new boss' imprint will show in the squad:

Hope is high for what the new manager can achieve considering he took Dortmund from a 13th-place Bundesliga finish upon his 2008 arrival to consistently challenging for domestic and European honours.

German football writer Clark Whitney noted the lack of pre-season preparation under Klopp will come to hurt the Reds, however, as he's forced to make do with players Rodgers signed:

A huge focus may now be placed upon the club's winter transfer window and whom Klopp can recruit to fit his methodology more smoothly, although January is a notoriously difficult time in which to do business.

One significant difference between his Liverpool appointment and his work with Mainz and Borussia Dortmund is that the pressure placed upon him to succeed has been magnified tenfold at Anfield.

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Expectations were relatively low at Signal Iduna Park when Klopp moved to the team seven years ago, but he created his own dynasty in North Rhine-Westphalia and will hope for further wonders on Merseyside.

The 48-year-old's bopping frame is something the Kop will want to see a lot more in the years to come, but his team needs to earn results and give him hope he can do so safe in the knowledge he won't suffer embarrassment later on.