Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Croatia international Dejan Lovren will miss Liverpool's clash with Manchester United on Sunday.
The defender has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury during the FA Cup third-round defeat at Wolves almost seven weeks ago.
Long-term absentees Joe Gomez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will also miss the game against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's revitalised side but Virgil van Dijk is available after being suspended for the midweek goalless draw against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Klopp said: "Dejan is not in, Joe is not in, but I think pretty much all the rest are in training at least.
"Ox is still only in bigger parts [of training] and not ready to play. The rest have trained and will train with us, but there is still a little bit of time.
"Usually now I get the message that somebody is ill in the last three weeks, so I am still a bit nervous about that! But until now I didn't hear anything."
Meanwhile, Klopp knows that it will be difficult to beat a United team at Old Trafford that have won eight and drawn one of their last nine league matches.
The former Borussia Dortmund manager added: "It's a big one, absolutely a big one, and we know it is a difficult one as well.
"They are in a good moment - a really good moment. They are physically strong, they defend well, they attack well. They are full of confidence, all that stuff, that's how they're going at the moment, that's clear.
"We will go there and be as good as possible and try everything to get a result there, that's the plan. You never know. Two strong teams will face each other and so it's open until the final whistle."
Liverpool, 11/8 to win the Premier League title this season, can be backed at 23/10 to beat Manchester United and at 9/1 to win the match 1-0.
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Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Croatia international Dejan Lovren will miss Liverpool's clash with Manchester United on Sunday.
The defender has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury during the FA Cup third-round defeat at Wolves almost seven weeks ago.
Long-term absentees Joe Gomez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will also miss the game against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's revitalised side but Virgil van Dijk is available after being suspended for the midweek goalless draw against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Klopp said: "Dejan is not in, Joe is not in, but I think pretty much all the rest are in training at least.
"Ox is still only in bigger parts [of training] and not ready to play. The rest have trained and will train with us, but there is still a little bit of time.
"Usually now I get the message that somebody is ill in the last three weeks, so I am still a bit nervous about that! But until now I didn't hear anything."
Meanwhile, Klopp knows that it will be difficult to beat a United team at Old Trafford that have won eight and drawn one of their last nine league matches.
The former Borussia Dortmund manager added: "It's a big one, absolutely a big one, and we know it is a difficult one as well.
"They are in a good moment - a really good moment. They are physically strong, they defend well, they attack well. They are full of confidence, all that stuff, that's how they're going at the moment, that's clear.
"We will go there and be as good as possible and try everything to get a result there, that's the plan. You never know. Two strong teams will face each other and so it's open until the final whistle."
Liverpool, 11/8 to win the Premier League title this season, can be backed at 23/10 to beat Manchester United and at 9/1 to win the match 1-0.
Source: bet365.com