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7th November 2018
11:09am GMT

In fact, Souness was baffled by two personnel decisions on the teamsheet and questioned Klopp's rotation policy.
"I think not starting with Firmino or Joe Gomez," the ex-Liverpool manager told Virgin Media One when asked where it went wrong for Liverpool.
"The fact they were on the bench and came on at half-time suggests they were fine so it wasn’t them carrying something.
"I think the message it sends to the rest of the players was, ‘You won 4-0 last time we’ll be fine again tonight.’
"I’m of the belief you start with your strongest team, get the game won and then get off the players you want to rest.
"I think that message by not picking your strongest team to start with would have an effect on some of the players who did start.
"They weren’t at it. They didn’t start right and when you don’t start right, it really is an uphill battle to get the momentum back again.
"I felt they handed the momentum to Red Star and they managed to keep it for the rest of the game.
"They’re not at the level they were at last year, Liverpool."Explore more on these topics: