And the Japan international was called into action in the 63rd minute despite Liverpool being 3-1 ahead. Alexis Mac Allister had been given a straight red card five minutes earlier for a foul on the Cherries’ Ryan Christie. With Jurgen Klopp wanting to shore up his engine room, Endo came on for Cody Gakpo.

Given the lack of preparation he had for the clash, Klopp was not surprised that Endo had ‘no clue’ what to do during his cameo. When asked about Endo’s debut, the Liverpool manager said at his post-match press conference: “Horrible [circumstances].

“First game, coming in, and I think we saw Harvey [Elliott] is in a really good moment but Harvey came on as well in this game and was running left and right and then his heart rate was 240 probably and that was pretty much the same for Endo. It was two days he had so no surprise that, [while] he did absolutely alright, he came there [and] had no clue what to do.

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