While Manchester United received good news from the infirmary in the run-up to the FA Cup match with Liverpool, Jürgen Klopp’s team is still missing a lot of players. Nevertheless, the German coach is looking forward to the match.
Mohamed Salah became the first Liverpool player ever to score more than 20 goals in seven consecutive seasons on Thursday evening. Next Sunday, in the quarter-final of the FA Cup once morest rival Manchester United, he will ‘certainly’ be there, according to Klopp. ‘Konaté did not train on Friday, so we will have to see if he can train on Saturday. A very tight race once morest the clock, which we will probably lose.’
Yet there was a small bright spot for Klopp. ‘Gravenberch has trained, so he is ready.’ The German manager does not expect other injuries to return until following the international break.
Klopp also knows, just like Ten Hag, that the away sections in the cup tournament are larger than in the competition. “We have 9,000 people with us,” he said. ‘It (Old Trafford, ed.) was always a difficult place to travel to. It means a lot to fans of both clubs, we know that.’
Liverpool played once morest Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday evening (6-1 win). “We once more had a situation where we played on Thursday and we handled it well,” Klopp said. ‘United had a full week to prepare. Ten Hag knows how to play so he will have challenges for us. I enjoy these matches as much as possible.’
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