Jurgen Klopp hails Liverpool youngsters: 'We would have been lost without them'

Last week Neco Williams and Curtis Jones combined for the only goal against Ajax, while Caoimhín Kelleher has kept clean sheets in back-to-back matches

Liverpool teenagers Curtis Jones and Neco Williams combined for the Champions League winner against Ajax last week (Phil Noble/PA)

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits his team “would have been lost” without the academy players who stepped up to fill in after his squad was decimated with injuries.

At one stage the Reds boss had 10 senior players out, including the likes of long-term absentees Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez, and had no option but to dip into the wider squad.