Jurgen Klopp admits he is hugely concerned by Liverpool's away form after they suffered their eighth loss of the campaign at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Philip Billing's first-half goal condemned the Reds to defeat at the Vitality as they missed the chance to go level on points with Tottenham Hotspur prior to their own kick-off on Saturday afternoon against Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool have lost seven of their eight defeats on the road as Bournemouth joined Brighton, Wolves, Forest, Brentford, Arsenal and Manchester United as teams who have beaten Klopp's side at home this term.
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The Reds have won just one away game since the turn of the year - the 2-0 victory at Newcastle three weeks ago - and the manager accepts that performances outside of Anfield are the reason his side are struggling for a place in the top four.
"I am concerned, yes," Klopp said. "I see it. I see it. The home record, we are in the top four if I am right but away games we are not even in the European places. There is always a reason for the situation you are in and the away record is for sure. We could have had more points at home as well, not that we should have but away from home, definitely.
"It was a big strength of us in the last few years, we never made a difference between [home and away] but that is what happens when you do the right things consistently in the right way. And with the quality we have, we have a good chance to win away from home as well, just this season not often enough. It's a clear point to be honest."
Klopp added: "Setbacks are setbacks but we are in the position we're in because of the good performances as well. We didn't only have setbacks but today was a proper one, no doubt about that. Yes, now we have to deal with it and we will.
"One thing we've learned this season is to deal with setbacks and we have to make sure we recover properly because we obviously have a big game Wednesday (against Real Madrid), then it is the international break and I hope everyone comes back healthy. Then we have the football week of all football week opponent-wise.
"There is a lot to go for but now is not the moment for me to talk about that. It was a massive knock here and how it is with knocks, you have to take them, see how big the scars are and then we take it from there."
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