Goldbridge was particularly impressed by two players who “probably won’t get much of the headlines,” singling out Andy Robertson and Conor Bradley.

Eintracht Frankfurt have been in a poor run of form themselves and have been conceding bags of goals.

“No. If he was in the red zone, we wouldn’t have played him,” Slot said.

Rather than a high-stakes Champions League clash, this had the feeling of an early round EFL Cup game that Arne Slot was intent on taking seriously. Frankly, there are plenty of teams in the lower reaches of English football who would have been embarrassed to concede goals as basic as those handed to Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo.

Slot opted for something different in Germany in an attempt to change Liverpool's fortunes.

Tottenham’s medical team will assess Odobert in the coming days, hoping his withdrawal proves precautionary.