"We paid for bad mistakes, you cannot expect to win if you make
mistakes like that at this level," said the Liverpool manager.
"But I always felt it was going to be a difficult game for the players, they knew they were already group winners and the job had been done. So it was more difficult to stage a comeback in such circumstances, like you would do in a cup final.
"I wanted to see my players doing well, but also to realise
that there are younger team-mates who are waiting for their chance.
"I have rested some senior players because we have such a busy next couple of months with lots of games. I wanted to see what futures there are for the young players and to be able to plan for that future."