If there’s one thing that’s for certain, it’s that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp doesn’t do things half-way; for the German manager, you can either put your best foot forward or chop that useless appendage right off.
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To say that Daniel Sturridge has had a rough go of it with injuries would be an understatement and the Liverpool striker will be doing everything he can to be on the Emirates pitch this weekend, to start the season off with confidence and goals.
“On Wednesday he could train”.
“He’s a legend. That’s how it is”, he told Liverpool’s official website.
“It’s basically the players we have available, who are quite young”. Under increasing supporter pressure he has several times indicated his tenure is coming to an end, but of course the results come the final day of the season will give us a definitive answer. There are a lot of games to play.
“‘I have been working hard to get there for next week, then we will see how far along I am”.
Sturridge has been struggling with a hip injury which flared up at training yesterday, while Milner suffered a foot injury in the 4-0 defeat of Barcelona.
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“With Millie we have to wait”, Klopp added.
“It’s better than we all expected after the (Barcelona) game when we saw him walking out of the stadium on crutches, that’s not the best picture you want to see”, Klopp said.
“It’s a bruise in the heel, but on Sunday it was a little better, on Monday it was better and it has been better and better and better”.
Lucas Leiva is out due to a knock but Marko Grujic could be on the bench after shaking off an ankle problem and should be joined among the substitutes by summer signing Gini Wijnaldum.
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Klopp suggested that one or two strikers could be making their way out of Anfield, if the price is right, telling reporters at his pre-match press conference, as reported by the Liverpool Echo: “Benteke, Balotelli, Ings, all the other strikers”.
