Klopp’s case for defence

JURGEN KLOPP has admitted for the first time he may be forced to look for an answer to his injury nightmare in the January transfer window.

The Liverpool boss is facing up to a defensive crisis, with three of his first choice backline sidelined – and two of them in Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez most likely to miss the rest of the season.

Klopp is also without Mo Salah in the top-of-the-table clash with Leicester after his positive Covid-19 test, which means he can not rejoin the Reds squad in training until Monday at the earliest.

And the German coach hinted he will have to dip into the market when the window opens. “We will see. I don’t know what we can do in January,” he said when asked if he will try to land a centre half.

“That we look for solutions in the transfer market – that is clear. But in the moment we have the situation we have.”