Jamie Carragher's response to Anfield atmosphere criticism speaks volumes for Liverpool

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Echo or go back to LFC Live.

A comprehensive 5-1 victory over Tottenham last April confirmed Liverpool's status as league champions, and opposition manager Ange Postecoglou felt the atmosphere was a big factor."Even apart from the goal, I thought just in general we had decent territory, but once they got in front with the atmosphere inside the stadium, fair to say it was going to be difficult for us to claw them back, and that's how it proved," the Australian said.Qarabag boss Gurban Gurbanov was of a similar opinion after a trip to Anfield in the Champions League. His team lost 6-0 in their final league phase match, with the three points ensuring Liverpool went straight through to the round of 16 without a play-off."The Liverpool stadium affected our players, but if we play here again, we will be better.

After the game, we had a talk, and the players admitted they can play better," Gurbanov said. "The players weren't happy because they understood they didn't play well enough."We are sorry that we lost the game.

If you look at the eight games we have had, we have taken a lot of risks, and we did that again here. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageSky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.