Your evening Liverpool headlines on Friday, October 28.
Liverpool handed big Thiago boost with updates on seven more injured players
Liverpool have been handed an injury boost after Jurgen Klopp confirmed Thiago Alcantara is available to face Leeds United on Saturday, while he is also hopeful Jordan Henderson will be passed fit after limping off against Ajax.
The Spaniard missed the Reds' loss to Nottingham Forest and victory in Amsterdam with a severe ear infection. Meanwhile, the Liverpool captain was replaced after 71 minutes against the Dutch giants after taking a heavy blow to his knee.
But Klopp is hopeful that both players will be involved against Leeds and confirmed that Ibrahima Konate is also available. However, despite returning to full team training last week, Naby Keita is not yet ready to return.
"With Hendo we have to wait a little bit. It's a knock," he explained to reporters. "He was a bit stiff yesterday. Didn't have only treatment yesterday so we'll see how he will be today.
"I expect him to be okay to be honest. Thiago is back. Naby not, not yet. No, Joel [Matip] will not be back. He's here training but rehab. No, you don't have to ask about Diogo [Jota] for a while. Not for Luis [Diaz] for a while either.
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'Nobody knows' - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp makes 'really exciting' Darwin Nunez claim
Jurgen Klopp has admitted he has no idea how good Darwin Nunez can be after the striker returned from a mild hamstring injury to score in Liverpool's midweek win over Ajax.
The Uruguayan has faced plenty of criticism from outside sources since completing his £64m move to Anfield, not aided by being sent off on his home debut against Crystal Palace back in August. Yet he has still returned six goals and an assist in his first 13 appearances for the Reds, having made only seven starts, and has scored four goals from his last five appearances.
And reflecting on the 23-year-old's opening months with Liverpool, Klopp shared his excitement with Nunez's progress as he hit back at criticism of the striker's finishing, having also missed an open goal against Ajax, and supposed poor first touch.
"It's a massive step. But it's like this. The problem is not that the boys need extra long to settle," he told reporters. "There are different situations for the players, for specific players.
"Darwin came here after a short break in the summer. Arriving in Asia, don't speak a word (of English), and being young, and Liverpool is a big club, and it's a big step for him, and he was expensive. Then all of a sudden he plays the first game and everyone is looking at him. It's like the whole place is dark and there is only one light and it's a spotlight on you."
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