Klopp issues update on Sturridge’s Liverpool future

And front of line is Klopp himself.

He said: “He’ll get criticism, but I feel sorry for Lucas, he shouldn’t be playing there. We all play for our future, myself included”, Klopp said following the tie against Leicester.

The defeat means Liverpool drop out of the top four into fifth place and one ahead of Manchester United who have a game at hand.

The 2-0 win over Tottenham two weeks ago proved to be a false dawn. Bad performances don’t help anyone.

The former Dortmund coach has introduced a new schedule that has seen Liverpool players train closer to an upcoming match-day kick off time that could often see his players train in the evening. It looks like that [he] will not be ready for Arsenal.

The relegation-threatened champions had not won a league game in 2017 – or even scored a goal – but were able to tear through Liverpool’s defence at will in their first match without recently-fired manager Claudio Ranieri.

When discussing how Klopp and Liverpool are a good fit, his melding of his charisma with hard work to upset the odds is the main argument in his favour.

“There’s no difference in tactics, there’s not a different plan for certain games”.

There’s also an alarming trend of losses to lower-ranked teams.

“Maybe they can keep this, and we have to make it not too easy for them to bring it on the pitch”.

“I have no idea what happens in the summer”.

Liverpool legend Ronnie Whelan believes the Reds can not mourn their loss at Leicester City for too long as a top four finish is still up for grabs for them this season.

In three transfer windows since taking charge at Anfield, Klopp has avoided spending heavily, despite big-money moves last summer for Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum.

“In that miserable January when everything went wrong for Liverpool, Klopp needed Sturridge and Origi to come to the party with goals and inspiration, but they provided nothing”.