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Conor Randall: Last Liverpool game left me ashamed

Ross County defender Conor Randall has spoken of his final game with Liverpool.

Randall made eight appearances in total for his boyhood club with the last coming in a shock home defeat to then-Championship outfit Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup in January 2017.

Jurgen Klopp blooded Randall during his first season in charge - when he replaced Brendan Rodgers - but had seen enough after 45 minutes of the loss at Anfield.

“I can remember it clear as day, going into the changing room and getting taken off," Randall, replaced by Philippe Coutinho on the day, told Football Journeys.

“I just stood in the shower, I think the game was on in the changies on the telly and I felt ashamed.

“I felt embarrassed, I felt like [I was] letting everyone down and things like that.

“All my mates who'd come to watch me, a few of my mates, my family, they were upstairs and obviously you [usually] go and speak to them and whatever.

“I remember just going straight to the car. I was sat in the back of the car, putting my hood up and hiding. Not that that makes any difference, but at the time that's the way I felt.

“I just wanted to go home, get in the house and stay in the house.

“I can remember it clear that night. My sister, my little nephew and that came round and when they left I just went up to bed and tried to go to sleep, sort of just shut off from everything.

“If I'm being honest I did find it tough. Not just football, I probably took it with me outside of football as well.

“The biggest emotion is being half-ashamed, even going out, you don't want to go places and for people to see you and go 'that sh** player' or whatever."

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