“Of course everybody wants him back on the pitch but we all have to learn – that is what the situation yesterday was”.
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“His body has to learn to adapt to the new intensity of training, and in this time you have to learn what is serious pain and what is only pain”, the Liverpool manager explained.
“I can not think this like you because I have not been here that long”, he continued.
“He trained in the morning, then we went to the hotel and Daniel was with us and then he had to leave to go for a scan”, said Klopp. “That’s how highly I rate Daniel”, he told the Daily Mail.
One, Daniel Sturridge, was injured again, pulled out even when the team had reached the pre-match hotel and hopes of at least a start to a comeback put on hold again.
“If he is in this shape we can use him and he can help us”.
And McManaman, who turned out for Liverpool between 1990 and 1999, thinks Klopp will start trusting other strikers he has signed before if Sturridge’s injury woes continue.
The 26-year-old’s last appearance came in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park – Brendan Rodgers’ final game in charge of the Reds before his sacking – so Sturridge is yet to appear for his new boss.
Benteke, who scored the victor in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Bordeaux in the Europa League, is 21/20 to score anytime against Swansea.
Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool may have to sell Daniel Sturridge due to his ongoing injury problems.
Midfield: Lucas Leiva is suspended for the game after collecting five bookings this season so Joe Allen should keep his place in midfield with Emre Can recalled after being given a rest on Thursday night.
Teenage midfielder Jordan Rossiter is likely to figure for Liverpool in an Under-21 Premier League match against Manchester United on Monday after more than a month out with a hamstring problem sustained on England under-19 duty. “We will have to decide”, he said.
The German said his team are not short in attack, with Christian Benteke, Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino all available.
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“We have to defend very well and if we can find spaces, we can be unsafe for them”.
