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Jurgen Klopp has offered a behind-the-scenes insight into the iron fist he uses with his players - even stars like Mohamed Salah hate it.

The Liverpool manager explained that he simply can’t talk to them about his decisions over team selection. Instead, he takes that responsibility completely on himself - and tells them to deal with it.

Klopp left Salah out against Benfica in the Champions League, even though it was clear the Reds’ biggest star was desperate to play to find a goal after a disturbing barren spell in his last seven matches.

Yet the Anfield manager was clear that there can be no emotion to his decisions - and instead his word is law as he looks clinically at whether they need to rest. And he explained: “That is how footballers are, they are completely in a tunnel, they want to play, play, play, play. They want to be be successful win everything…which is why I don’t ask players ‘are you tired?’ (They say), ‘No, no why? Do I look tired’? So I have to make these decisions without talking a lot, I just make it and: deal with it, go from there.

“It’s my responsibility, right or wrong. So the