Jurgen Klopp says he "needed" Mohamed Salah to play the full 90 minutes at FC Midtjylland on Wednesday despite Liverpool having already won their Champions League group.
Salah opened the scoring in the first minute of the match in Denmark, but a much-changed Reds side had to settle for a point after Alexander Scholz scored a second half equaliser from the penalty spot.
Klopp's recent crusade against fixture congestion and the amount of matches his team are expected to play meant that many expected him to leave most of star names at home for the dead rubber clash, but Liverpool ended the match with Salah still on the pitch, and joined by Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane in attack. “You can make changes but you need a few key positions,”
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