Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain admits watching Liverpool win the Champions League in June provided the inspiration he needed fight his way back into the competition.

The England international marked his first European appearance in 18 months with two goals in the 4-1 win in Genk, the club's first in six away matches in the group stage.

He was on the bench when the Reds won their sixth European Cup with victory over Tottenham four months ago, having been on crutches for their final defeat against Real Madrid the previous year with a serious knee injury which kept him out for 12 months and restricted him to just 20 minutes last season.

"Then had another 10 or 15 minutes absolutely okay, exactly as we had to do it.

"The plan worked okay then not any more because we lost completely unexpected balls we were not ready for, which in the formation was not possible.

"Sometimes we took in the wrong moments a risk, passing a one-two in a very tight situation makes not too much sense.

"We conceded one which wasn't cool but it's not the biggest problem in the world. We won the game, job done. That's it."