Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has revealed an attempt to change their training times failed.
The Reds' players tried to get manager Jurgen Klopp to change his training regime when he first took over at the club.
They were not used to Klopp's session timings, but the German was adamant that his way was the highway.
Speaking to presenter Jake Humphries about Klopp on his YouTube channel, Henderson said: "When he first came, one of the first things he changed - normally up to that point our careers, all of us, we just trained in the morning. We'd come in for 9.30/10am and train for 11/11.30, whatever.
"But we were (now) training in afternoons and times when we were playing a night game then we would train later on in the day. We wouldn't train at 7.30pm but we'd train closer to that time, getting the body ready for playing at that sort of time, which actually when you think about it sort of makes sense. So we started training at four or five O'clock sometimes. You're coming in and you've had a full day.
"The lads were coming in and they felt a bit lethargic, a bit tired. Especially at this time of year. Five O'clock you're going out and it's getting dark. The floodlights are on and you're just starting to train. The lads pulled me - a few of them - and said 'could we have it earlier?' As captain I felt like I needed to at least ask the question, so I thought I will at least have to go and speak to the gaffer.
"So I went up to him and said 'a few of the lads are struggling with these late training times. They feel a bit tired. Is there anyway that we could train in the morning?' he sort of looked at me and said 'Who said that? Who's moaning about it?'
"I thought to myself, I can't be naming people here and chucking people under the bus. So I said 'There's quite a few gaffer and that's why I've come, because they think earlier training [would be better].
"He's [Klopp] just gone 'Well tell them, if anyone's got an issue with training time, come and speak to me directly.' I thought 'oof OK, that's the last time I go and ask anything like that again'. I walked out and told that lads you've got no chance, but if you want it that badly, just go and speak to the gaffer yourself. No-one ever went up!"
