'It’s not that we don’t have players': Klopp names root cause of Liverpool's struggles

Liverpool have been criticised for not signing enough players — the squad looks quite thin as a consequence. However, Jurgen Klopp insists the problem is not the number of players but the injuries they're constantly getting.

“The most difficult thing is when you have too many injuries, the problem is the other players have to play too often,” the boss said.

“Then they get injured when the other players get back, but they need time to get back to their best. That’s the situation you are in.

“We didn’t have the full squad on the training pitch yet but last week, without Thiago and Lucho, there were 26 players out there on the pitch. Goalies not counted, so that makes it 28 when they aren’t injured.

“The squad is not too small, it’s not that we don’t have players. But we never had them together and most of the time we have six, seven, eight players out.

“Now we don’t have that amount, hopefully it stays like this and it would be massively helpful for this decisive period of the season.”