Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed he left Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana out of the Reds' starting XI for their 1-0 Europa League win over Rubin Kazan as a precaution.

Coutinho, who scored twice in the Merseyside club's 3-1 win over Chelsea last weekend, remained on the bench against the Russian club, Lallana appeared late in the second half.

"Coutinho had a little bit of a hamstring. We changed some things to create more and I'm really satisfied how we did it," he said.

"I only make the teams to win the next game, not to give a player rest if he doesn't need it.

"We had Adam Lallana and Philippe Coutinho with some problems so they were on the bench. I didn't want to risk it and wanted to win without them.

"This squad is big enough and strong enough. We did not fly here for a friendly game. We are four weeks together and have more experience together."