He then seemingly offered it to Reds defender Joel Gomez for a quick throw-in, but instead made a decision to throw it down to his side, much to the bemusement of Gomez and the Liverpool supporters behind the dugout.
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“This sums up Liverpool in a nutshell, why they are not going to win anything”, the Republic of Ireland assistant manager said on ITV. Only last weekend, Liverpool was thrashed, 5-0, by Manchester City in the Premier League and the failure to sign a high-quality center back, such as Southampton’s Virgil van Dijk, in the summer transfer window may turn out to be costly. But then I asked the doc what would be best for him and he said [it would be] if he doesn’t have to train because he has a little bit of a sore throat.
If Jurgen Klopp took the Champions League seriously, surely he wouldn’t be starting Alberto Moreno on Big European Nights. “I don’t think it’s what we deserved”.
Liverpool continued to look the more likely to find the fourth and Sevilla’s task became more hard when Berizzo was sent to the stands for preventing Gomez from taking a quick throw-in.
After falling behind to an early goal from Ben Yedder, Liverpool led at half-time in their Champions League opener thanks to goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah before Sevilla pulled back an equaliser through Joaquín Correa after 72 minutes.
The German also denied playing a part in the sending-off of Sevilla coach Eduardo Berizzo.
Sevilla punished that wastefulness in the 72nd minute, Correa tucking past Loris Karius from a pass by Luis Muriel, who shot inches wide as the Spanish side chased a winning goal in stoppage time.
“We were just unlucky, Bobby [Firmino] hit the post and that can happen – you can’t score every penalty, so it was just unlucky”.
“There is space for improvement”.
“He wanted to explain the situation around his red card”.
“Disappointment and frustration are completely normal”.
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“We had answers for everything apart from the goals”. It’s an all-too familiar sight for Kopites who know their side don’t have the personnel to defend a lead, heaping further pressure on their attacking players to produce the goods.
