Manchester United stunned perennial title favorite Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford on Monday in a clash between two traditional titan teams which are underperforming in the Premier League this season.
The loss continued Liverpool's early season woes and marked the first time that it has failed to win at least one of its opening three games during manager Jurgen Klopp's tenure at the club.
"We have no issue," Klopp said, according to the Guardian. "We are in a tricky situation, injury-wise, we got through the week with 14, 15 senior players available and now have to make sure they don't get injured.
"We should have won this game, I know it sounds ridiculous, but that is how I saw it."
The build-up to the match began under a cloud of protests and smoke flares organized by Manchester United fans against the Glazer family, who own the club.
Their team had started the weekend bottom of the table -- following a humbling 4-0 defeat to Brentford and 2-1 loss at home to Brighton -- increasing the pressure on a club beleaguered by years of failing to match expectations.
But United began brightly, playing at a fast tempo and engineering an opportunity after just four minutes as Marcus Rashford outstripped Virgil van Dijk but could not get his shot past the Liverpool defender.
Six minutes later, the Red Devils had another chance as Anthony Elanga's shot ricocheted off the post, and the home crowd responded to its team with increasing enthusiasm.
Despite these early shocks, Liverpool still struggled to find any rhythm and was punished on 16 minutes as Jadon Sancho controlled the ball with a couple of cool touches in the box, foiling the Reds' defense before firing it into the back of the net.
Liverpool has not yet won a match in the Premier League this season.
It continued Liverpool's unfortunate habit of conceding first, as the club has now done for seven successive league games for the first time in the Premier League era.
"We give every team a goal start," said Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson, according to the BBC. "We can't give ourselves an uphill battle. That is what needs to change.
"In the warmup, it was the quietest I have heard this stadium and they wanted something to lift them and we gave them it."
Nine minutes later, the decibel meter inside Old Trafford crept up again as Christian Eriksen almost curled the ball into the top right-hand corner of the goal from a free kick, stopped only by the outstretched fingertips of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
Liverpool at last began to string some phases and only some desperate United defense from Bruno Fernandes and Lisandro MartÃnez in the scrum after a corner prevented an equalizer before halftime.