Roy Hodgson admitted to feeling a sense of disappointment that his first game as Liverpool manager against Al-Hilal was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch in Austria.
The referee conducted several pitch inspections in Austria before deeming the match unplayable.
It means our new boss will have to wait until Wednesday for his first Liverpool game when Swiss side Grasshoppers provide the opposition.
"The referee had no choice," Hodgson told Liverpoolfc.tv.
"Everyone tried very hard to get the game on but it wasn't possible. We wanted to play, Al -Hilal wanted to play, but to play a football match you need the ball to be rolling properly around the pitch.
"It wasn't doing that and so it was impossible. We tried everything but you can't fight the weather and even if we had started the game it would have been played at the limit, and I'm not sure we would have finished it."
Hodgson also revealed training plans have had to change because of the postponed match.
"Obviously this affects our preparations," he added.
"We were going to play today and have a warm down day tomorrow but now Sunday will be a training day instead.
"Most of all I'm disappointed for the supporters who came to watch Liverpool play but there was nothing we could do."
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