Bilic: Klopp will be back

Jurgen Klopp and Slaven Bilic admit they could do without a replay between Liverpool and West Ham in the FA Cup.

But the Daily Mirror says he’s discharged himself early and is returning to work ahead of the FA Cup replay with West Ham.

Liverpool’s German manager Jurgen Klopp is pictured before the start of the English FA Cup fourth round football match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England, on January 30, 2016.

Bilic said: “He is a good player, his quality was never in doubt, the problem was that he was not available”.

Tomkins damaged his calf in Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton but Joey O’Brien is back in contention after recovering from an ankle injury.

Striker Daniel Sturridge is expected to make his long-awaited return to action against West Ham having been an unused substitute for Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland. “It’s a game we didn’t deserve to lose”, said Bilic.

He added: “We’ve got another game on Tuesday (tomorrow), which is the best thing as a player, to get back on the pitch as soon as possible and put things right”.

“If it is not Sturridge, it will be (Christian) Benteke. This is the third time we have played Liverpool and they have had different line-ups”, Bilic explained.

“He (Klopp) will be back because he is like that”.

Joe Allen and Dejan Lovren both sustained knocks during the draw with Sunderland and are unlikely to be risked by Klopp. “For him its natural”.