MatchBrentford v Liverpool: Team news
Mohamed Salah is set to return from injury for Liverpool’s meeting with Brentford.
The Premier League leaders visit Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday lunchtime and Salah, who has not played since sustaining a muscle injury while at the Africa Cup of Nations last month, is again an option for selection after he resumed full training this week.
Alisson Becker, Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez and Ibrahima Konate, who all missed last weekend’s win over Burnley, are also available, but Thiago Alcantara, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai remain sidelined.
During Friday’s pre-match press conference, Klopp said: “Mo is back in full training, [so] that brings him automatically in contention of course.
“Ibou is not suspended anymore, Joey is fit again, Conor is back, Ali is back, so that’s all positive. Thiago, no. And Trent not [available], that’s true.”
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Watch on YouTubeThe manager was later asked for more information on the fitness of Alexander-Arnold and Szoboszlai and whether they are likely to be back for the Carabao Cup final on February 25.
Klopp replied: “How serious [are their injuries]? Yeah, again, it’s a super-intense period.
“People think about the final, which is fine absolutely, but before the final we have Brentford and Luton and I didn’t think for a second about the final yet. ‘He can’t play the final?!’ Yes, that’s one game but we have before then there are two games, which is as bad that they cannot play.
“I think with Dom it will be around that time, we will see how it exactly works. And with Trent, a week or two longer. It is not great but it was not to avoid, actually, that it happened.
“I would say, I’m not sure Dom has a chance for the final but maybe, and Trent will probably be after.”
Stefan Bajcetic, Ben Doak and Joel Matip are long-term injury absentees.
Brentford, meanwhile, could welcome midfielder Frank Onyeka and forward Yoane Wissa back into the fold after they returned from AFCON.
Head coach Thomas Frank told the media: “They’ve been important and good for us, so it’s good to have them in training.
“They’ve come back with energy having had, in many, many ways, fantastic experiences.
“Unfortunately, they finished second and fourth rather than first and third, but we are very proud of them and what they achieved.”
Frank reported no fresh injury concerns ahead of the game, but the Bees will be without Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Aaron Hickey, Bryan Mbeumo and Kevin Schade.
Last match
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Brentford (February 10): Flekken, Collins, Pinnock, Mee, Roerslev, Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt, Reguilon, Toney, Maupay.
Liverpool 3-1 Burnley (February 10): Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, Van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Endo, Jones, Jota, Nunez, Diaz.