Belgrade 2-0 Liverpool: We didn’t start well, says Miller
- FT: Red Star 2-0 Liverpool
- Pavkov heads Red Star up (22)
- Pavkov with stunning second (29)
Liverpool have been rather flat in an attacking sensed, and were blitzed with two quick-fire goals.
They now face a battle to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League after their shock defeat to Red Star Belgrade.
Jurgen Klopp will have been expecting three points from this one ahead of the trip to Paris and the home clash with Napoli.
But a brace from Milan Pavkov stunned the Reds and secured a memorable victory for Red Star.
Liverpool had a golden chance to open the scoring but Daniel Sturridge blazed over from a matter of yards.
And Red Star made them pay as Pavkov rose highest to head in from a corner.
He then fired past Alisson from long range to send the home support wild.
Liverpool pushed forward after the break but couldn’t find a way through as they slipped to defeat.
Liverpool midfielder James Milner after the match said,: “We didn’t start well enough. We have had enough chances to get back into the game and we didn’t take them. Passing the ball wasn’t good enough. We didn’t start and when you don’t start in the Champions League you get punished.
“You can’t give teams the start, the crowd is big for them and it’s been a long time since they’ve been in the Champions League. Napoli found it tough when they came here and we knew it was going to be a tough place to come.
“We need to win our games, it’s on our shoulders, we have some good sides to play and it’s in our hands but we will have to play better than we did tonight.
“I think the chances aren’t going in for us, we had a number of times in front of goal, times where the goalkeeper saved and times where we weren’t on target.
“We will keep going and playing because it doesn’t take much for those chances to go in.”