Jurgen Klopp believes his team are now feeling the absence of too many attacking players after admitting Liverpool could take no positives from a chastening defeat at Brentford.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s second-half strike wasn’t enough as the Reds slumped 3-1 at the Gtech Community Shield on Monday evening.
Liverpool had gone into the game on the back of four successive Premier League victories but remain four points adrift of the Champions League qualification places having played a game more.