Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has reportedly revealed he told his players to prepare undressed for their Manchester City crunchy Champions League clash at the Etihad Stadium earlier this month.
The Reds won the first leg of their fixture 3-1 going into the second leg of the remainder of their quarterfinal clash high spirits thanks to Mo Salah's incredible form.
However, the former Borussia Dortmund tactician said jokingly to the rest of his players to go out naked, saying nobody would notice if they were naked as everybody would looking at the Egyptian sensation.
Klopp quipped: “It is a really good group and, with Mo, everyone really likes the hype around him, all the boys.
“When we came out for the Champions League training before Man City, I said, ‘Come on everybody, let’s go out naked because no one will realise — they are just looking at Mo.’
“Now we go to Rome. I don’t think the hype will be a little bit less. But it is all okay.
“The boys created the atmosphere in the group. In a successful team, there is always a good atmosphere. Other teams can have very good players, but no group.”
Having inspired his side to a 3-1 win in the first half of the championship, Salah scored the goal that ended any chance of a City comeback at the Etihad after the Reds blew away their rivals.
Meanwhile, this year’s Player of the Year nominee claims his breathtaking season is down to a desire to prove Chelsea wrong.
The Egyptian was bundled out on loan to Fiorentina just one season after joining Chelsea from FC Basel in 2014 before finally settling down at AS Roma.
He told Sky Sports: "I know from the first day I wanted to do something different, something special. I was here with Chelsea, didn't get my chance, and then came back. I wanted to show everyone my football.
"I didn't play. You can see by the numbers. I didn't have my chance, but you can see when I did get my chance I proved some people wrong.
"Because in my mind I have to succeed here, when I left the Premier League I said I'd come back, and when I had the chance, I came.
"You can see the difference [in me] between now, a year before, two years before that. Every year, every day, every month I am proving myself.
"I always try to see my weakness, work on it, to be better as a person and a player, everything."
Liverpool will face AS Roma in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League encounter next week, and a win for them will put them in a position to win their first UCL title in over a decade.
They last won the title in 2005 and they will stand a chance to win their sixth this summer.
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