Jürgen Klopp provided updates on the fitness of Joel Matip and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain while expressing his hope that no fresh injury concerns will emerge ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Crystal Palace.
Matip was withdrawn at half-time of the Reds’ Carabao Cup semi-final second leg win at Arsenal on Thursday night, with Klopp confirming on Friday that his substitution was precautionary.
“No, Joel was not tactical. My God, how good was Joel,” the boss said.
“We thought something is not 100 per cent right and you can change five times, it’s not a situation where you ask, ‘What [can we do?