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Liverpool told they are missing two Jurgen Klopp stars after shock Champions League defeat

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The Reds were beaten at RAMS Park on Tuesday as Victor Osimhen's first half penalty proved to be the difference between the two sides.Arne Slot's men had chances to equalise - with the best falling to Hugo Ekitike - but the Reds couldn't end up breaking down a well organised Galatasaray defence and were beaten for the second time in three days.After the game, former Liverpool midfielder Jason McAteer claimed that the Reds could have done with more experience and two vocal leaders who were part of a successful period in Jurgen Klopp's reign as manager.READ MORE: Liverpool star Giovanni Leoni provides injury update after ACL tear and surgeryREAD MORE: Alexander Isak 'won't improve' Mohamed Salah as Liverpool sent warning over 'freak'Indeed, McAteer suggested that Jordan Henderson, now at Brentford, and Brighton's James Milner would have given Liverpool a boost in a hostile atmosphere and a game that the Reds needed one or two calm bodies.McAteer told beIN Sports: "Do you know what I worry about? He was pointing the finger at you and it’s like, 'You don't do that again'."He demanded a mindset on the football pitch - 'You don't give that ball away again.



You don't expose us again, and if we get punished, it's your fault. Don't do it'."Delivering his own assessment on his side's performance, Slot expressed his frustration as the Reds suffered a second straight defeat, having lost at Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.Slot said in his post-match press conference: "Disappointing because you play football to win a game and that’s what we didn’t do.

He is one of the players that can replace Mo [Salah] in that position."I don’t see many others that can play in that position which is favoured to them, and I think it is one of Jeremie’s favourite positions. So, the left winger goes in the midfield and Dom is in the midfield and Jeremie is some kind of a wing-back, but they did it the opposite today, which happens more to us that they change something."But I think both of them can play really well in that position and I’ve just explained also that Conor missed out quite a lot in pre-season.