Liverpool are nonetheless assessing the health of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk forward of Tuesday’s Premier League journey to Southampton the place they may shut the hole on leaders Manchester City to 1 level, supervisor Juergen Klopp stated on Monday.
Forward Salah and defender Van Dijk have been substituted throughout Saturday’s FA Cup remaining in opposition to Chelsea, which Liverpool received on penalties to elevate their second trophy of the season.
“The process is not finished yet because we only played the 120 minutes two days ago… We have a lot of decisions,” Klopp informed a information convention.
“Those extra 30 minutes made a big difference… We will have to make changes, I don’t know how many.”
Klopp added that defensive midfielder Fabinho, who missed the win over Chelsea with a hamstring harm, will stay sidelined for the sport at St Mary’s Stadium.
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“His recovery is going very well, but he will not be involved tomorrow,” the German stated.
Liverpool path reigning champions City by 4 factors with two video games left however Klopp stated he didn’t anticipate Pep Guardiola’s facet, who drew 2-2 at West Ham United on Sunday, to slide up once more once they host Aston Villa this weekend.
“There is a chance (of winning the league) but is there a big chance? I don’t know the last time City dropped points two games in a row,” Klopp stated.
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“Aston Villa play midweek as nicely (at residence to Burnley), which they aren’t used to, so I do not anticipate (City) to drop factors there. But this has no affect on our sport for tomorrow. In a great world, we go into the final match one level behind.”
Southampton are fifteenth within the desk with 40 factors after a run of 1 win in 10 video games hampered their hopes of a top-10 end.
Ralph Hasenhuettl’s facet beat Liverpool once they hosted the Merseyside membership final season and the Austrian stated they’ll look to repeat the end result and depart their mark on the title chase.
“It’s implausible for the Premier League to have such a detailed title race. Everybody is galvanized from this battle and we are actually a part of this duel,” Hasenhuettl stated. “It’s now as much as us to point out we may be aggressive in opposition to a prime crew.
“I’ve not typically received in opposition to Juergen in order that was a particular second for me. We have an identical means of taking part in soccer and massive respect for one another.
“We are up in opposition to presumably the very best crew on this planet in the intervening time. As lengthy as Juergen sees he nonetheless has an opportunity of successful the league, he’ll go for it with every little thing he has.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
