'Mental resilience' the difference

Speaking to BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool fan Abigail Rudkin believes that during the Reds' opening Champions League fixture on Tuesday night, there was a different attitude from the players who lost against Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Having gone 1-0 down against AC Milan, Rudkin said: "I think the players had in their minds that 'we've got loads of time here' to come back from this.

"We didn't look like after the Forest game that there was any sort of belief there. It looked as if everyone thought 'that's it, we've lost it,' even when we had time left".

Rudkin put the mental resilience that was shown from the Reds down to their former manager, stating: "How could you let go of the belief that Jurgen's built into those players? It's been instilled into them for such a long time."

Rudkin also sees a likeness between Klopp and his successor Arne Slot, suggesting: "It looks as though he has got a similar ethos in a lot of ways."

Listen to the full clip from BBC Radio Merseyside here