Jurgen Klopp has opened up on the cautious strategy Liverpool have taken with Dominik Szoboszlai‘s restoration forward of a attainable return to the beginning line-up.
The Hungarian missed 4 video games in January because of a hamstring pressure picked up in opposition to Newcastle, after which instantly suffered a recurrence upon making his comeback in opposition to Chelsea.
As such, the Reds have taken further care with Szoboszlai’s rehabilitation this time round, implementing a seven-match absence from the beginning XI that would finish in opposition to Sparta Prague tomorrow.
And Klopp admits it hasn’t been straightforward to maintain the midfielder sidelined for thus lengthy given his eagerness to return.
Requested by a Hungarian journalist if the midfielder may be match to start out on Thursday, the German replied: “You may be shocked, however we don’t speak about line-ups in these press conferences!
“It’s good that he’s again. You already know him most likely very nicely, he loves enjoying soccer, being injured for him is hard, powerful, powerful.
“It was not an damage the place it was painful daily, he was simply not allowed to coach correctly, how it’s with muscle accidents.
“In order that’s the rationale why we needed to be cautious in his rehab as a result of, if we’d have requested Dom, he may have educated fully with the crew since two or three weeks.
“However the medical advisors advised us no, no, now we have to attend, and that’s what we did. Now he’s again, performed a couple of minutes and is within the squad. All the remainder, we’ll see.”
Szoboszlai’s fellow midfielder Alexis Mac Allister can also be glad to see him again and advised reporters: “He’s a tremendous participant, good lad as nicely. He’s doing very nicely.
“He had an damage however we can’t neglect what he brings to the crew, he’s positively as essential as each participant on this crew and a particular man.”
