Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admitted the Reds rode their luck in the 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town this weekend.

Mohamed Salah secured the victory for the Merseysiders, but the Premier League 's second-placed team were far from convincing at the John Smith's Stadium .

In fact, Town controlled large portions of the match and were unlucky to strike the post through Jonathan Hogg , before having a very strong penalty appeal waved away by referee Michael Oliver.

The Terriers even had the ball in the net later in the first half, but Alex Pritchard 's neat finish was ruled out for a very tight offside.

And Reds boss Klopp confessed that his side were lucky in West Yorkshire on Saturday.

He said: "You don't want to use the post to defend, to be honest. If it happens you take it, but it's not defending, it's lucky.

"Then with the handball, another penalty, maybe they would have missed. You need luck to only concede three goals (in nine league games), and we have sometimes needed it."

Klopp went on to assess Liverpool's below-par performance, suggesting it was Town who forced the Reds to win ugly in Huddersfield.

He said: "It's maybe the first period in my life that we are winning average matches. That's true.

"We cannot write a book tonight about how to win trophies. There is only one way, and that's to win football games. And for that there are different ways.

"To be honest, sometimes I prefer the spectacular way, but I take that today completely and I understand why it was like that.

"The main reason today was Huddersfield did well. They defended well and were very aggressive round the second balls.

"After this game, everybody knows how good they are and how good they will be in the future."