Salzburg coach Jesse Marsch ordered his players to target Virgil van Dijk during his passionate half-time team talk at Anfield.
The Austrian champions were 3-1 down by the break in their Champions League clash on Wednesday evening following goals from Sadio Mane, Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah.
But Salzburg launched a brilliant response after the half-time interval as they managed to score twice to equalise with 30 minutes left to play.
Liverpool, however, restored their lead as Salah struck again and the European champions were able to hold out for a 4-3 victory.
After the match, Salzburg released comprehensive footage of Marsch’s half-time speech in which he ordered his players to be more aggressive and be ‘ruthless’ towards Van Dijk, who had been beaten by Hwang Hee-Chan for Salzburg’s first goal.
‘Firstly, how many fouls have we committed? Maybe two?’ Marsch asked his Salzburg players.
‘It’s not a f*****g friendly, it’s a Champions League match.
‘We’ve got to play more physical and get stuck in.
‘Be more ruthless against Van Dijk, we play with too much respect. Too much respect.
‘Are they strong? Yes. But it doesn’t mean that we should be nice to them and don’t tackle them or fight.
‘They have to feel us guys, they have to know we’re f*****g here to compete, not just that we’re here to stylistically going to try and play the same way, but we came to f*****g play.
‘We’re going to talk about tactics but when we step on to that field with more confidence and will. Now it’s us against them.
‘Let’s f*****g raise our will, our fight.
‘We’ve seen that they are strong but we can do better and breathe life into our game.
‘Self-confidence, physicality, that’s what it’s all about.
‘They are not so dangerous with set-pieces.
‘Come on, we have more to offer.’
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