Klopp already feeling the heat

LONDON - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp concedes his side is already feeling the pressure this season ahead of the return leg of its Champions League playoff against Hoffenheim on Wednesday.

Liverpool looked to have planted one foot in the group phase after going up 2-0 in last week's first leg in Germany, only for Mark Uth's 87th-minute reply to give Hoffenheim hope.

The five-time European champion needed a late Sadio Mane goal to see off Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday and Klopp anticipates another knife-edge occasion at Anfield in midweek.