Klopp won’t rule out Matip

the season who said, ‘If you want to retire, don’t forget to write a letter [to the national federation]?’ That is not how it works.

“If a player doesn’t want to come to me, can I say he can’t play for his former club?”

Klopp, right, is set to field broadly the same side who drew 0-0 with Plymouth at Anfield. Lucas is not fit but Loris Karius will be back in goal. Klopp railed at suggestions that picking another inexperienced line-up indicated a lack of respect for either the opposition or the FA Cup. “If anybody thinks I don’t respect the cup, have a look at my cup record,” he said. Plymouth full-back Ben Purrington feels the Pilgrims can shine on their own patch. “It was unbelievable with 55,000 at Anfield and nerve-wracking, but playing here with the crowd behind us we believe we can get a result,” he said.