Coutinho and Lovren to miss Arsenal and Man Utd clashes

Klopp added that the Reds will “have to see what we can do after this game” about their injury situation, saying that it is “a little bit of a unusual feeling” after the game, saying it’s “very, very good” on one side because of the win and the fact the players “fought brilliantly”.

Philippe Coutinho will be sidelined at least until the end of this month and Dejan Lovren for the next 10 days with hamstring injuries sustained against Stoke City, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has confirmed.

But he will give his youngsters a run out after admitting his squad is stretched to the limit by a glut of games and an injury crisis.

“None of the players who played the last five or six games in a row will play at Exeter”.

The supporters were about as happy as they’d be if they woke up to see Brendan Rodgers serving them breakfast in bed.

Mamadou Sakho (knee), Jordan Henderson (heel), Kolo Toure (cramp), Danny Ings (knee) and Joe Gomez (knee) are also out while Jon Flanagan is not available following a lengthy layoff.

Coutinho clutched the back of his leg before asking to be replaced in the 18th minute at the Britannia Stadium, and centre-half Lovren followed the Brazilian off 16 minutes later with what looked like a similar problem.

Gerard Houllier believes Jurgen Klopp’s unique coaching style will experience peaks and troughs at Anfield, but says if the German manager is given time he can lead Liverpool into a new, more successful era.

“Two weeks ago we had three centre-backs, that’s a good situation”.

“I don’t want to do that, we need to have some intent about us”.

“I’d rather have been winning games going into the match, but I happen to think that we have been playing pretty well”, said Tisdale, whose side have reached round three for the first time since 2005.

According to a report in the Liverpool Echo, manager Jurgen Klopp has vowed to overhaul the way we develop our best young talent. Stoke came back in the second half, however Liverpool showed dogged resilience, limiting Stoke’s ability to create many clear cut chances.

The Liverpool manager also said that the injury troubles overshadowed what he felt was a much better performance from his players following their disappointing display in losing 2-0 at West Ham in the Premier League at the weekend.

“It is a big tournament and we have a big respect for it. Tomorrow we have to find a solution”.