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Steve McManaman has claimed Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will be a "miracle worker" if he is able to steer his side close to a top-four finish in 2015/16.

The ex-Reds man offered a scathing assessment of Klopp's side's performance as Liverpool toiled to a third consecutive 1-1 draw in the Europa League this season, despite playing over an hour against the 10 men of Rubin Kazan.

Emre Can secured a point after a Marko Devic opener, but McManaman felt the Reds were guilty of giving themselves too much to do after failing to keep a clean sheet once more at Anfield as Klopp's first home game in charge ended in disappointment.

"It's been a very frustrating night all round," he said.

"It was a really lacklustre performance.

"Bordeaux away, it was a poor goal to concede, Sion at home, poor goal and another one, poor goal.

"And that's what happens when you know you need to score three to win a game every single game, suddenly you can feel the anguish.

"They certainly have to step up to the mark because at this moment in time if he can get them anywhere near the top four he will be a miracle worker, he really will be."

The BT Sport pundit feels Klopp will need time to achieve success on Merseyside but admits it could be some time before he is truly able to put his stamp on the first-team squad.

"The manager's only been here a week so you can't necessarily blame him for the team's performance because he put out arguably his strongest side but it lacked a lot of intensity," he added.

"The first two results haven't been great but you just hope that he's going to get a lot better, but the fact he has to wait until January to bring any of his own players is a long way off.

"And there's a lot harder games than tonight going to come up in front of him."