No shots on target, surprising subs and 4 more brief takeaways from Atletico loss

Liverpool have suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat to Diego Simeone's crew.

• Atletico must be the most frustrating side to play against when you are one goal down: Liverpool had a 67 per cent possession share, they completed 628 passes compared to the La Liga team's 190 and carried out 153 attacks against the opponents' 85 but all in vain.

• Liverpool were powerless attack-wise against the disciplined Atletico side - for the first time in 84 games the Reds failed to land a single shot on target; the last time that was the case, Jurgen Klopp's crew lost 1-0 to Napoli in the Champions League group stage in October 2018.

• Taking into account how many goals Atletico concede from set pieces in La Liga, Liverpool were simply awful in that aspect of the game - 7 corners and 16 free kicks led to nothing.

• Atletico could've scored more, however, Alvaro Morata kept doing Alvaro Morata things: first, Alisson produced a perfect save to deny the Spaniard in the first half, then the striker slipped instead of banging it in after the break.

• Although referee Szymon Marciniak didn't make any decisive mistakes, the amount of possibly wrong decisions was beyond explanation; Atletico's players kept diving, simulating and provoking the Reds to capitalise on that.

• Jurgen Klopp surprised with 2 of his 3 substitutions - Sadio Mane was replaced by Divock Origi at the break which could be explained by the Senegalese's yellow and the fact that the boss clearly didn't trust the referee, however, the Reds manager then went on to take off Mohamed Salah and field Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain when Liverpool needed an equaliser.