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Jurgen Klopp may well be feeling vindicated in his criticism of the pitch at LASK’s Raiffeisen Arena last week, following a subsequent acknowledgement from the Austrian club. It follows similar complaints from Austria’s national team, who’ve played at the venue, and the club who call it their home have admitted that they’re trying to remedy the problems. As per a statement from LASK read: “It is a construction defect in the substructure. This causes problems with the drainage of the place. We are aware of the issue, it cannot be solved in one day because this is only possible step by step.

This isn’t a ‘marginal gains’ ploy like shortening the pitch to combat the threat of opposition wingers. A substandard field could result in players getting seriously injured, a concern which’ll have been on the Liverpool manager’s mind last Thursday.