He could easily have done it if he wanted to.
Jurgen Klopp had, after all, hooked both Fabinho and Jordan Henderson as part of a raft of four substitutions midway through the second half of the grim Saturday afternoon out by the seaside in Brighton.
In better times, a substitution around that time would usually indicate that Klopp was keeping legs fresh for the next game, but nothing about that loss at the Amex had anything in common with Liverpool's better times.