Klopp claimed Liverpool have work to do after their heavy defeat to under-fire champions Leicester City.
The Reds' top-four aspirations suffered a blow as the champions, just four days after Claudio Ranieri's sacking, ran out 3-1 winners.
"It looked like we hadn't spoken about the strength of Leicester and that's a real problem," the 49-year-old German told Sky Sports.
"We have to work, obviously, and to try to do everything better next time.
"The performance from the first second was not good enough, and that's how you lose football games. There is no reason for this. I'm not ready to look for an excuse."
"We never really got going tonight," Klopp added. "It's difficult to find the right words
"There was not an over-aggressive game from Leicester, but even for this level we were not physical enough.
"They were ready, they had their set pieces and throw-ins ready and we gave throw-ins away like we hadn't spoken about them.
"It doesn't make sense to give Christian Fuchs 20-odd chances to throw the ball in. It's difficult to accept.
"They scored the first goal, that helped them a lot, then the second goal, where there was no protection to Drinkwater's volley.
"We could have defended better so it's very disappointing. It's difficult to explain in German but in English its worse.
"The manner of the defeat makes it worst. If we played our best game and lost then I have to accept that because that is football."
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