(Video) ‘If they had that x-factor…’ – Pundit explains key miss for Liverpool ahead of pivotal Champions League clash

Former Premier League star Darren Bent has suggested that a lack of fans behind the club lowers Liverpool’s chances of overturning the deficit in their second-leg meeting with Real Madrid in the Champions League.

With spectators not returning to the stands until the end of the season, Jurgen Klopp will have to inspire a comeback without the help of the Anfield faithful.

As a club famous for our European nights, with a roaring horde of Reds unsettling the opposition, the prospect of an empty stadium will certainly seem more appetising for Zinedine Zidane’s men.

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Nonetheless, as Bent has pointed out, we’ve come back from worse scorelines before to progress to the next stage of the competition.

It’ll be a huge ask to do so again next week but if we could pull out a huge performance to make up for our lacklustre showing in Madrid, then all bets may very well be off.

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