They were more experienced and established players, though. We gave 5 Anfield debuts to some young lads. Ox and Keita were taken off for Curtis Jones (18) and Chirivella. You brought on Ceballos and Ghendouzi. We also had a 17 yo and an 18yo in defence with a 20 yo in goal. We even had a 16yo playing.
Your young players were further forward and while one was 18, the other was 20.
Should have won this game really. Klopp knew we may not be able to play the next round, so just gave the kids a chance.
I get that mate, I said in my earlier post our changed XI was more experienced than your changed XI.
If you analyse it, there's not that much difference between the front 6, Ox, Lallana, Keita in midfield vs Torriera, Willock & Ozil. Attack was Brewster, Elliot, Origi vs Maitland-Niles, Saka, Martinelli.
We had the more experience in defence by far but 2 of them are trying to find fitness after an ACL injury, and also Mustafi who's confidence is shot and proved last night quite literally that it's like playing with a goal down!
We had more experience on the bench compared to yours, but he took Ozil & Torriera off which were strange substitutions given the circumstances.
Should we have won the game given the teams, perhaps. Especially after having 2 goal leads twice in the game. Embarrassing is a very strong word though.