Jürgen Klopp and his team won the league game against Luton Town. However, the coach has to worry about his star striker.
Team manager Jürgen Klopp from Liverpool FC is worried about the use of his star striker Mohamed Salah (31) before the League Cup final against Chelsea FC (Sunday, 4 p.m.). “We don’t know, we have to wait and see,” said Klopp after the 4-1 win against Luton Town in the Premier League when asked whether Salah can play against the Blues.
Before the game against the relegation candidate, the Egyptian was added to Liverpool’s already long injury list. “As long as we have eleven players, we will try,” said Klopp about his team’s title ambitions against Chelsea: “Will we be the big favorites? Definitely not.”
“Unusual”
But at least the “Reds” are traveling to Wembley Stadium with a tailwind: After the mandatory win against Luton, Klopp and Co. as league leaders are once again four points ahead of Manchester City in the fight for the title – although Pep Guardiola’s team has played one game less .
Klopp was delighted with a “fantastic evening” after his team turned the game around against Luton after conceding an early goal. His players were “all extraordinary,” he said, adding: “How the stadium and the team together have changed this game is extraordinary.”
The two Dutchmen Virgil van Dijk (56th) and Cody Gakpo (58th) brought Liverpool back to winning ways at Anfield within two minutes, Luis Diaz (71st) and Harvey Elliott (90th) in his 100th competitive game Everything was clear for the Reds afterwards. Chiedozie Ogbene (12th) had previously put the blatant outsiders in the lead.