Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live

I never doubt my players. I know they give their best; sometimes it’s not enough as we saw for 20 minutes at the Etihad. But they will try again today – on this stage, on every stage – to represent the Liverpool shirt in the best possible way.

[What’s the thinking behind playing a back five?] The thinking is that we are playing a team who change positions constantly, so I thought, ‘Let’s pick a line-up where peole will argue what our formation is.’ We will see once the game starts. It’s obvious that we can play in different ways with the players we have on the pitch.

[On the omission of Mo Salah] It’s always difficult to leave players out who work very hard and deserve to start. Mo is definitely one of them but there are other players on the bench who have worked very hard to play. We have a number of players on the bench who can impact the game. We’re in a better place [in terms of depth] than we have been for most of the season.