Liverpool need Jordan Henderson to be fit and available if they're to be at their best.

That's according to former Chelsea and Tottenham defender Jason Cundy, who says Henderson's injury absence was noticeable in victory over West Ham on Sunday.

“The best Liverpool side has Henderson in it," he told talkSPORT.

“They were complacent against West Ham. When you go 1-0 up against a side that is fighting relegation, and you are ripping the league to pieces, I think there is perhaps a little bit of room for that.

“Liverpool came unstuck a little bit tonight but they got the three points and I guarantee Klopp will be telling his gang, 'if you want to do that in the Champions League against Atleti, if you put in a performance like that, there is no way you're going through, no way on this earth'.

“They've got to be better than that.

“And you wonder whether Henderson's influence on the pitch might have got them going."