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‘It was not a joy’: Jurgen Klopp admits his frustration with Cardiff spoiling tactics by keeping pitch dry, but reveals his side were prepared for it by training in similar conditions at Melwood just 24 hours earlier Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp criticised the dry pitch at The Cardiff City Stadium Klopp stated his side trained in similar conditions at Melwood before the game  Reds secured 2-0 win after goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and James Milner   Victory saw Liverpool return to the top of the Premier League table 

By Jeorge Bird For Mailonline

Published: 20:26 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 20:26 BST, 21 April 2019

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has expressed his frustration with Cardiff for keeping the pitch dry for their Premier League clash.

Klopp's side secured a 2-0 victory courtesy of a goal Georginio Wijnaldum and a penalty from James Milner to return to the top of the Premier League.

However, Klopp was unimpressed with the dry pitch at the Cardiff City Stadium and revealed that his team prepared for the game by training on a similar surface at their Melwood training ground. 

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his frustration with Cardiff's dry pitch

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his frustration with Cardiff's dry pitch

Speaking to Sky Sports, Klopp said: ‘Yesterday we didn't cut the grass at Melwood and we didn't water it. It was clear that it [playing on a dry pitch] would happen. So we trained yesterday on it and it helped. It's so different. 

'We trained yesterday for 1 hour and 10 minutes already on a very dry pitch. So we were used to it. It's

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