Liverpool will have its key number of players back for the clash with Leicester City after the match was postponed due to Covid-19 cases.
Liverpool have had their own Covid issues. But Klopp has confirmed that Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk, Thiago and Curtis Jones are all back in time for their clash with Leicester.
Klopp described every morning as a ‘lottery’ to see if anybody tests positive, and confirmed a young player and two members of staff are currently isolating.
Despite not having to play on Boxing Day, Klopp has reiterated prior comments that clubs should not have to play games within two days of one another.
In his pre-match press conference ahead of Leicester, he said: ‘So many people say it’s tradition – we wanted to play on Boxing Day. We could have played on Boxing Day no problem at all but it was because of Leeds obviously the situation there so we accept that.
‘But playing them on the 26th and then the 28th is just not right. I just say that because it’s true. I think we can find solutions for that. It’s not difficult to play football in a different way like 26th and 29th which is less of a problem. Some teams are doing that like Manchester United (27th and 30th).
‘It would help players, even with no Covid. Some teams have a proper Covid problem and then you rush a smaller group of players through two games.
‘You need luck and you shouldn’t need luck in these moments. Boxing Day is never in doubt, we always want to play on Boxing Day it’s a great fixture, it’s really good for everybody but after that moment we don’t stop discussing.
‘If we don’t discuss it then it just stays like this, maybe it stays like this anyway, but the players need help and the help needs to come through other areas.’
After Chelsea’s victory over Aston Villa on Boxing Day, Thomas Tuchel joined the growing calls for five substitutes to be allowed in the Premier League again.
Asked about Tuchel’s comments, Klopp responded: ‘Yes. We have to put competition aside and don’t say (Manchester) City has better subs than Southampton or we have better subs than Burnley or whatever.
‘That’s probably true whatever that means exactly. It’s Premier League and can still cause us problems.
‘The problem is this intensity for a top-class footballer is definitely at the edge.’