Liverpool may have beaten the 2015/16 Premier League champions to lift the Premier League Asia Trophy, but that does not mean they are adequately prepared for the forthcoming season, says Klopp.
Goals from new signing Mohamed Salah and Philippe Coutinho were enough to see off the Foxes, who opened the scoring on 12 minutes via a goal that the Reds boss feels should have been avoided.
"Two games, two wins so that's, of course, the best thing," Klopp told Sky Sports. "You can see it was difficult again and it was not 100 per cent of our physical ability.
"Players like Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, they cause you problems so we're a little bit too late in the mind because the legs are tired," he continued.
"I thought we could have defended the first goal seven times already, but in the end, it is a cross and a free header so it's not nice but it's what happens," he said of Islam Slimani's opener.
"We came back and even before the good goal, we were already the dominant side and playing good football so it was all OK."
Asked whether he is concerned over the defensive issues which resulted in the goal, Klopp gave an unambiguous response.
"I liked everything I saw but that [defensive work] is something we need to fix 100 per cent. I know it is pre-season and we can change it but it is something I don't like already so we need to work on it."
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