LIVERPOOL legend Steve McManaman has SLAMMED Jurgen Klopp's group after they have been hammered by Actual Madrid.
The Reds raced into a primary half two-goal lead with Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah scoring.
Nonetheless, Actual dusted themselves down and dragged themselves again into the sport earlier than half-time, with Vinicius Jr bagging a brace.
Eder Militao then handed the guests the lead shortly after the restart, earlier than Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema scored two to seal a 5-2 win within the Champions League spherical of 16 first leg.
Liverpool legend McManaman, who additionally performed for Actual, slammed the Anfield membership, describing Tuesday's efficiency as a "HORROR SHOW".
McManaman stated on BT Sport: "I feel that sums it up, completely ripped aside.
"They're caught once more within the centre of the park, pounced upon, and when Benzema has obtained the ball within the place he discovered himself, he's the good man on the planet.
"Have a few of that, three folks go a technique and he simply locations it in.
"That's one other one to the gathering.
"To concede 5 targets at Anfield. 5 targets, at Anfield. From 2-0 up.
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"This will probably be a horror present for Liverpool for the gamers to look again and take a look at the errors within the final 4 targets.
"A chastening expertise this night."
Klopp described his Liverpool group's efficiency as "passive".
The German stated: "The start was excellent. It was us in a nutshell. It was good, precisely how we needed to play. The entire first half was good apart from the targets.
“The primary aim we grew to become barely passive greater up the pitch, we weren’t chasing them. The second aim is slapstick. It shouldn’t occur, can occur, 2-2.
“The primary scenario just about [after the break] they performed an extended ball to Vinicius. Unsure if it’s a foul. How we defend that isn't OK. Then 3-2 and that doesn’t assist towards a group who're excellent on the counter-attack.
“We couldn’t get again on observe any extra. You could play like the primary half for the total 95 minutes however you want momentum again.
“At 3-2, it was the alternative. They grew to become extra assured and scored nice targets. One was deflected. That’s how it's. It’s a wierd one.
“There’s loads for me to take from this as nicely. Now we have 5 or 6 gamers and no problem [for one of the goals]. That may’t occur. We have been passive till the ball arrived there.
“The one method you'll be able to decelerate the sport a bit is to maintain the ball. We began the second half dropping the ball in unusual moments.
“This house [for the third goal] that’s not potential nevertheless it occurred. That’s why it’s 3-2. It's a must to maintain the momentum and there we misplaced it and we didn’t get it again.
“We'll go there and play a soccer sport. It is going to be an enormous problem. However now we have to play within the Premier League first and ensure we be taught from this sport.”
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