5 things Liverpool must learn from El Clasico

#2 Need to stop Luka Modric dictating the pace

Modric holds off compatriot Ivan Rakitic with ease

When Luka Modric is on the ball, pinging the ball hither and thither, pulling strings like a master puppeteer, Real Madrid are an absolutely joyous sight... and virtually un-defendable against.

Their best spell in the Clasico came when Barca allowed Modric time and space on the ball - Liverpool will look to gegenpress those two elements out of the equation, but Modric is skilful enough (and has an incredible partner in Toni Kroos with whom he shares a near-telepathic relationship - those two are a real-life cheat-code) to break a high press. Klopp, then, has to temper his team's press with a measure of caution - a task made doubly hard by the exit of his right-hand man and tactician-in-chief Željko Buvač.