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Jürgen Klopp provides squad update ahead of Leicester trip

Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho, Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk are set to be available for Liverpool’s clash with Leicester City.

Jürgen Klopp confirmed on Monday that the quartet have returned to training following the end of their isolation periods due to positive COVID-19 tests.

Meanwhile, the boss also reported no new fitness concerns ahead of Tuesday’s trip to King Power Stadium.

“Yeah, the boys who had to isolate, or had COVID, are back,” Klopp said.

“That means Fab, Virgil, Curtis and Thiago. Thiago was the latest, he came back and trained yesterday for the first time with the team.

“We have one young player who is now isolating and two staff. It’s really tricky, every morning when you come in it’s a little bit like a lottery. You hope it’s all fine and then one case… that’s the situation, but apart from that we are fine.”

Klopp has said in the past that when deciding on a lineup for a game, he considers the game itself primarily, but also the last game and the next game. With there being 5 recovery days since we played Leicester in the League Cup, and then 4 recovery days before we play Chelsea on Sunday, I don't think either the last or next game will come into it. So with van Dijk, Fabinho, and Thiago, available again, I'd think the team is pretty predictable. Thiago only came out of isolation on Sunday so the risk of injury might be higher if he hasn't had much training so there is a possibly we go slightly cautious and bring him on the 2nd half rather than start him. Only absentees through injury/suspension are Adrian, Phillips, Robertson, Elliott, and Origi. No space for Jones on the bench so he might need to sit tight until the cup games next week.

Leicester only have 1 recovery day since the thumping by Man City and have a number of injuries/Covid absentees. A refreshed Salah and Mane could have a field day against a tired and depleted side.

                          Alisson


Trent          Matip          van Dijk          Tsimikas


      Hendo          Fabinho          Thiago


          Salah          Jota         Mane

Subs: Kelleher, Williams, Gomez, Konate, Milner, Keita, Ox, Minamino, Firmino

Hear Rodgers complaining that he doesn't even know which players he has available or something along those lines so they might push for postponing this one but I doubt they'll succeed.

Hope we tear them up.

Leicester side will be similar to what it was in league cup. We will be stronger here and can't see us getting sliced up. Leicester are unpredictable but fully expecting a victory for us.

Common redmen.

We have that "we just have to show up and we win" kind of performance. We need to up our game before it's too late.

No "sparkle" in the team tonight. Tsimikas playing very well , everybody else look below par.

We've been the better side but the final ball hasn't quite been there. We need to find a goal from somewhere this second half.

Don't expect Mane to miss this easy chance...he's lacking a bit of clinical touch in front of the goal right now

What a miss by Mane...

fuq

FFS

Trent is still a mile away

Pains me to say this, but the title is most likely over of we lose this.

7_Kewell » Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:37 pm wrote:Pains me to say this, but the title is most likely over of we lose this.

Just thinking that myself.

Points lost...2 costly miss cost us

7_Kewell » Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:37 pm wrote:Pains me to say this, but the title is most likely over of we lose this.

If we play like this...by next week the title chance will be over