"Honestly I think that we are a different team", the Italian said, recalling the early weeks of his Chelsea tenure.
However, Liverpool did eventually (and deservedly) get themselves back into the game, via a close-range header from Georginio Wijnaldum.
Klopp was furious with the award of a penalty after Costa tangled with Joel Matip and took out his frustration on the fourth official.
Referee Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot, but Simon Mignolet dived to his right to deny the Spain worldwide, sparking wild scenes from Klopp on the touchline.
Liverpool remain fourth in the table on 46 points, while Chelsea, who missed a penalty late on through Diego Costa, have stretched their lead at the summit to nine points after Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal both dropped points against Sunderland and Watford respectively.
Super Stat: Liverpool are unbeaten in their last four meetings with Chelsea, beating the capital club thrice away and drawing one game at Anfield.
What does the game mean for Liverpool FC, we might ask, especially following their historic FA Cup defeat at Anfield the past weekend at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers. When there are these type of games with high intensity it's very hard to see the mistakes and to try to make the correction, but I think we played a really good game.
At the Emirates Stadium, Arsene Wenger was again watching from high in the stands as he served his touchline ban and the Arsenal boss was rocked in the 10th minute when Younes Kaboul's powerful strike deflected in off Aaron Ramsey. They might win the rest of the games.
"A lot of teams in the league are on our side to win". We need the points.
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"We did really well".
"Everybody in the Premier League is strong physically and 90 percent (effort) is not enough".
Former Ireland and Chelsea defender Paddy Mulligan feels Liverpool's best bet against his former club is to target the area between Gary Cahill and David Luiz.
Klopp may not be considering the title race at the moment but Conte is - and he wants to end Liverpool's hopes for good.
The Belgium global was not even looking at the ball as Luiz drilled it over an unprepared Liverpool wall and into the net via a post with Mignolet not ready.
Chelsea will be looking for their 50th league victory against Liverpool in this match - a tally they have only achieved against eight opponents in their league history.
"It was handball for everybody but not the referee".
"We all left the dressing room feeling so disappointed because we lost again". That's it. We can not waste time or points any more.
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