Jurgen Klopp says the flu-like virus affecting Liverpool will rule his players out of Saturday’s game against Burnley.Liverpool host the Clarets, who lost 3-1 to Arsenal on Sunday, and move to a comfortable three points against the 19th-placed Premier League side.
The Reds came from behind to win 2-0 at Turf Moor and will be heavy favorites for the trip to Vincent Kompany’s side, but will be without many key players for this encounter.Jurgen Klopp has revealed that the trio of Thiago Alcantara, Dominic Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah will miss out, while Kostas Tsimikas, Ben Dok, Stefan Vaicetic and Joel Matip are ruled out through injury. Conor Bradley is currently on sick leave following the death of his father and Ibrahima Konate was sent off in the last game against Arsenal.
To make matters worse, the Liverpool manager admitted the squad were struggling through illness, which could mean some players miss the trip to Burnley. “It’s not ideal because we don’t have Aibo and there’s a bit of flu in the squad so we have to see who can play,” Klopp said in his pre-match press conference.But we have 11 players and we will keep trying. Mo certainly did not come back well. That means we all need one.”Two or three weeks ago I was sitting here talking about the luxury of lining up players.
“If anyone asks me again, I’ll kick them out of the room. We talked about it once and a week later it was a completely different situation.”Klopp has not named those who are ill, but Joe Gomez has not trained recently, suggesting he could be one of those ill. With Arsenal back in action and Manchester City on their toes, Liverpool can afford no more mistakes as they bid for a second Premier League title.
