Jurgen Klopp struggles to explain, or resolve, Liverpool's 'extreme situation'

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at Anfield. Picture: Clive Brunskill/PA

Jurgen Klopp admitted he is enduring the lowest spell of his managerial career after Liverpool’s bewildering mid-season crisis deepened with yet another defeat at Anfield.

Klopp watched helplessly as his faltering team crashed to a sixth successive home defeat to relegation-threatened Fulham. Mario Lemina’s fine strike on the stroke of half-time — after an error by Mo Salah — gave Scott Parker’s side a huge and deserved boost in their fight against the drop.