A foot injury sustained during the Merseyside derby caused Mane to miss last week’s trip to Burnley, before he came off the bench during the second half of Saturday’s 4-0 win over Bournemouth.
And Jürgen Klopp has confirmed that the forward can be ready to play from the start in the crunch meeting with Carlo Ancelotti’s side at Anfield.
The boss told Liverpoolfc.com: “Sadio can deal with the pain obviously – it looked like that in Bournemouth, so that’s cool. It’s good enough that we can consider him at least.
“We have two sessions still to come – we’ll train tomorrow morning as well. That’s very important. We have the meeting to do. In the squad there is nothing really serious after the game, that’s good.”
Lovren, who has been sidelined for the Reds’ last three matches, is due to train with the team later on Monday and will be assessed before a decision is made on his involvement on Tuesday.
“We will see how Dejan is doing,” added Klopp. “Yesterday he was out on the pitch and looked quite well. Can he be part of training today or not? We will see that. Squad-wise, [there is] no bad news at least.”
The manager also explained that Adam Lallana has felt no ill-effects from the head injury he suffered at Vitality Stadium: “He looked fine. Nobody told me differently. He was running yesterday.”