Henderson reveals he didn't ask for Messi's shirt after Champions League defeat because of ________ advice #ClickHere

Jordan Henderson has revealed that he took Roy Keane's advice on board regarding swapping shirts after Liverpool's defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League, insisting he never considered asking for Lionel Messi's jersey.

Liverpool suffered a 3-0 loss at Camp Nou in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final last season, with a Messi double and a Luis Suarez effort earning the home side a comfortable win.

Looking back on the first leg, Henderson says he refused to swap shirts with Messi because he didn't want to seem "in awe" of the Argentine superstar, which he was warned about by former boss Roy Keane during his time at Sunderland.

“As it turned out, I came on quite early as Naby Keïta got injured," the Reds captain told the Daily Mail.

“It was the first time I had been on a pitch with Lionel Messi.

“You don’t think to yourself, ‘Oh my God, that’s him’, but there’s no question he plays the game differently to when you see him on TV. He’s so fast.

“Thinking about his free-kick now, I still can’t believe he scored it. I actually thought he was going to take it short.

“I’ve told you how good I think Alisson is, but Messi put that shot in the one area Ali couldn’t protect. The whip, the pace, the precision – it was absolutely perfect.

“Did I think about asking for his shirt? No. I’ve never done it.

“Roy Keane told me when I was at Sunderland that if you ask for someone’s shirt, it looks like you are in awe of them.”

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