Ex-Liverpool ace still haunted by Jurgen Klopp decision that 'hurt'

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"When I got injured (in 2018), there was that thing of I want to win but there was always that thing of, 'If we win and I'm not in the squad, it will hurt,'" he confessed on Ben Foster's Fozcast. "We lost the first (Champions League) final when I was injured — I was out for a year.

I lost out on the semi-final and the final so when I was on the pitch with the crutches, I was like, 'Oh no, am I allowed to claim this [winners medal]? Because I'm not in the squad for the final and I'm injured.' "When we got to the Champions League final again, I was back and I was in the squad.

For me, I was like, 'I'm counting this.' I've been training, I've made a couple of appearances since coming back from injury, and I've got to claim this. "When I did my ACL, I was out for a year with that.