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Klopp: Why we won't rush Philippe Coutinho back

Liverpool have no intention of rushing Philippe Coutinho back into action during the festive period, Jürgen Klopp has explained.


The manager revealed at his pre-Stoke City press conference that the Brazil international is ‘more or less’ on track with his recovery from the ankle injury he sustained against Sunderland in late November.

But with Coutinho yet to re-join his teammates in full training at Melwood, there will be no hasty decisions made on when the No.10 returns to the side.

Klopp said: “Unfortunately, we don’t have him back in training.

“He makes his training – that’s a big difference. Until we have him in training, there’s absolutely no reason to think about when he is back.

“We cannot rush the situation and we don’t want to rush it. We have to accept the more or less bigger steps in his improvement with this serious injury.

“It was not [just] ‘something’. It was a decent injury and is still, so we need to wait.

“Whenever he is back, the season is long enough that he can help us. We cannot rush it just because there are a few games now. That cannot have an influence on our decisions.”

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LFCTV GO: Klopp's pre-Stoke press conference

The boss continued: “A rehab with a professional football player is always on the edge.

“We cannot say if we do nothing it will take 10 days, and if we try something it will maybe be seven days or 12 if it’s too much.

“Medicine is a lot about experience and all the players are different. He was on a very good way then it was a little bit more difficult, because of a reaction in the ankle, and we had to cool down the situation a little bit. But he is still on a good way.

“I don’t think it will be, from this moment on, long-term still. But the game everybody is dreaming of, the City game for example – it was clear from the first second that this would be really unlikely, but it was the dream of Phil. So try to do it.

“In this moment, it’s not more likely than before but I don’t want to say it’s not possible. We have to see.”
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/247832-klopp-why-we-won-t-rush-philippe-coutinho-back

 

Not that it wasn't already but today's results mean tomorrow is an absolute must win game - given that we are likely to drop points against Man City as they get their players back - who should be fully rested

 

Last few weeks we have been playing last or more or less last in every gameweek. Horrible.

 

why?

Its a game to play and focus on not to obsess ove rothers.

theres far too long to go to worroy about what others do when all we need is 3 points ourselves.

 

Yeh absolutely got to win this tomorrow. Very bad set of results us-wise today, no joy anywhere

 

I said this the other week but, I've got little interest in what other teams do.

We should concentrate on ourselves and just count the points come the end of the season.

We finish were we deserve to based on our own thirty- right games.

I don't want to finish somewhere purely because others were ****!

 

Totally agree. We all get what we deserve one way or the other

 

So Matip is still not fit, hopefully he will be back for man city.
Coutinho has had a setback too, so don't see him coming back for a couple weeks.

 

Liverpool v Stoke: Mignolet, Clyne, Klavan, Lovren, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Mane, Origi, Firmino. #LFC

 

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Unchanged...........

Stoke playing Crouch for Bojan...............tbf these days I'd be more concerned with Bojan on the park

#nojinx

 

Firmino starts

Still no Matip

 

I dunno, we're small at the back (vertically challenged) so they're obviously gonna try and exploit that, plus we've got flappy mcflap flap in goal so another reason to try play airball into the box

 

True, but Crouch isn't the player he was. I do think they may grab one though, but we should out score them. They have conceded more than
they have scored.

 

I'm going for 5-1

 

Just hope Firmino isn't pushed out left again. Put Origi out there, he drifts that way anyway

 

Given your form - i am now off to place a bet on a Crouch hatrick

 

Klopp: "we play today. We play Man City next and then we have a few minutes to think about the next game..."

 

Oh ftlog!!!