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Klopp welcomes selection woes at fully-fit Liverpool

By REUTERS
February 17, 2018

LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is relishing the chance to select his best players for every match as the club boast a fully-fit squad ahead of crucial fixtures in the Premier League and Champions League.

Defender Nathaniel Clyne’s return to training, along with that of Adam Lallana, Dominic Solanke, Danny Ings and Ragnar Klavan, means all 25 players who travelled to Liverpool’s training camp in Spain have no injury concerns.

“We made our rotation in the winter, in November and December, to be now 100 per cent fit,” Klopp told the club’s website (www.liverpoolfc.com).“Now we are 100 per cent fit, the best players will play all the time.

“We need all of these players and hopefully we have them all available and then we will make a decision, but it’s not that I think now we will rotate before or after. We go for everything.”Liverpool are on course to qualify for the quarter finals of the Champions League after a 5-0 win over FC Porto in the first leg of their last-16 tie and defender Dejan Lovren believes the club can win the tournament.

“Of course (we can win it),” Lovren is quoted as saying by the Liverpool Echo.“Yes, if we are right and we do our job like we did and everyone defends well - each centimetre of the pitch is covered - then we have a great chance.”Klopp’s side next host West Ham United on February 24.