'The plan was to get Sadio sent off': Jurgen Klopp reveals reason he substituted Mane

Jurgen Klopp admitted he was forced to substitute Sadio Mane for fear of him being sent-off after he was targeted by Atletico Madrid players.

The Senegal international was booked for a coming together with Atleti right-back Sime Vrasjko early in the first half and found the Spanish team surrounding referee Szymon Marciniak, asking for a second yellow card, following an incident before half-time.

Mane never came out for the second half and his presence was missed as Liverpool slipped to a 1-0 defeat at the Wanda Metropolitano, leaving their hopes of retaining the Champions League in the balance, but Klopp believes things will be different when they meet again.

'The intensity we put in the game, in a stadium like this, where they constantly go to the petrol station,' said Klopp. 'We drive with one tank. I'm not sure if Diego saw a lot of the game because he was constantly animating the crowd. That is exactly how it is on the other side. That changes now.

'We have said before about the power of Anfield and the influence a stadium can have. Tonight we saw it. If you want to play like this... the whole stadium wanted a result. It wasn't sensational football. They wanted a result and they got a result. 

They are now happy and in this moment we are not that happy. Do we have to be perfect? We try to be perfect all the time. There are five, six, seven things that we know we can improve.'