Klopp: Liverpool only need two strikers, and Origi will step up just fine

Christian Benteke, Roberto Firmino and Danny Ings are all injured, with Ings out for the season, while Daniel Sturridge has only recently returned from long-term injury.

Klopp, however, put a spin on the club's issues up front that were both positive and philosophical.

"You do not think about the players who are not available at this moment because there is no chance to get lucky if you do this all of the time," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"In the case of Benteke and Firmino, they are back on the pitch but not team training. I hope next week they will be in normal team training."

Klopp also suggested that young Belgian star Divock Origi can step up.

"We have Origi – do you know him?" he said.

"Firmino could play in the striker position but we have to see if he should. In this moment – for the next game – we have Daniel for the position and we have Origi...

"Two strikers, I don’t need more. When you start if you have more it’s perfect. But you have to think how you can react. When Christian is fit then he is an option, for sure but at this moment he isn’t.”

Klopp also spared a thought for Joe Gomez, who like Ings has been ruled out of the season with ligament damage.

“I met Joe Gomez for the first time and what a wonderful young boy, tall and muscles in the right positions, everything is fine but his injured knee,” he said.

“It’s an ACL and now we have to make a further diagnosis and we will see when he gets operated on.

“After that, he can count the days he is back. It was not the best day in his life but I’m pretty good in waiting for players, young players especially. This is his home and we will do anything to make sure he comes back as soon as possible.”