Jürgen Klopp sent a message of support to Sean Cox and his family after the Liverpool fan was left in a critical condition in hospital following an attack prior to the Champions League fixture against AS Roma on Tuesday night.

Speaking at Melwood on Friday, the Reds boss - who wore an Irish tricolour Liver Bird badge in tribute to Sean - said: "I think the game on Tuesday night showed the beauty of the game during the game - and showed the most ugly face of parts of the game before the game.

“When I heard [for the] first time about it I cannot describe my emotions in English, to be honest. It was how it feels still, that it should never have happened. It should never have happened before and it should never happen in the future, and we all have to do everything to make sure that things like that will not happen anymore. It’s obviously not the solution for it, probably nobody has that.

“It’s just unbelievable that something like that can happen. How you can imagine, [we are] with all our thoughts and prayers with Sean and his family at the moment.”