It was always destined to be a night to remember for Arne Slot’s Liverpool rookies. One left Eindhoven with his head in his hands while his team-mate’s will be in the clouds.
The Reds secured their place in the top two with a game to spare
Slot left nine first-teamers at home with one eye on the Premier League leaders’ weekend trip to Bournemouth.
The manager said after Manchester City advanced to the playoffs with a 3-1 win over Club Brugge: ‘We’ll be better than we are now when players come back’