Klopp criticized Manchester United for being too defensive at Anfield when his side were held to a 0-0 draw last Sunday but Solskjaer has defended his tactics and insists his team could improve ahead of their FA Cup fourth round game against the Reds.
The Norwegian coach set his team at Anfield to hit Liverpool on the break and it worked out perfectly as they kept Klopp’s men at bay and could have taken the maximum points back to Manchester if not for their own profligacy and the heroics of goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
Speaking ahead of another clash between two of the mammoth clubs in the history of English football, Solskjaer has posited he did not understand the comments of his counterpart accusing the Red Devils of defending.
"We attacked every time we got the ball, maybe too much. We kept giving it away, that was the challenge. We went forward too quickly,” the former Cardiff City and Molde FK manager said.
"The thought that we weren't attacking, I don't understand that one. We kept giving it away. It's the quality of what we did, we need to do better.
“We tried to press them high. It's not easy, they played well, they played their way out of our press. We didn't go out there to drop deep and try to soak up the pressure.
"They had five midfielders out there to play out plus a 'keeper who is very capable. When you look back at it, I think it was a good game by the two teams. We played against a top Liverpool team.
“Yes, [Virgil] van Dijk is not there but everyone's got an injury or two here or there. I was very pleased with the performance when I looked at it after."
Manchester United were caught offside on eight occasions at Anfield, with forward Marcus Rashford being flagged five times, Solskjaer has urged his men to improve in that area.
He added: "They're eager [to get in behind the defence], of course, but it's also a way we want to attack quickly. It's not that you have to attack quickly every time, it's a decision you've got to make there and then.
"Of course, it's in our DNA that if you see a pass, do it. Do it well. I didn't think we executed the passes well enough. Some of the runs were maybe too eager, especially at Anfield. I felt one or two times there we could've been one-on-one with the 'keeper.
"For us, it's about fine-tuning, getting better, getting used to each other. Edinson [Cavani] is new, Bruno [Fernandes] has not been here a year yet. We'll get there."
