Quadruple Injury Boost for the Reds

Injured squad members return as the team prepares for Atalanta
BC.

A lot has been made of the spate of seven or so injuries to the
first-team men’s squad that Liverpool has had to endure in recent weeks. Despite
that we are top of the Premier League table and top of our Champions League group as well.

To add to the positivity and also reduce the injury burden, Joel
Matip, Naby Keita, Kostas Tsimikas and Billy Koumetio have returned
to full training at Melwood with the squad, Jurgen Klopp
confirmed.

While Matip, Keita, Tsimikas and Koumetio joined their teammates
for training at Melwood, Thiago Alcantara did not join them, and is
still following an individual training program to recover from the
challenge he received from Richarlison during the Merseyside
derby.

Whether the recovered players will feature in the mid-week
Champions League group stage tie against Atalanta BC is yet to be determined.

“Naby and Joel trained yesterday with the team, full, Thiago
didn’t. So, that’s the situation”, Klopp said.

“I have really no idea what I do with this information in the
moment because yes, they trained, that’s good, it’s better than if
they don’t train. But we have to see what we do with it.

“We have another day to make these decisions. A lot of players
will be on the plane hopefully, and so decisions will be made late,
late, late.”