JURGEN KLOPP SAYS the fit-again Joe Gomez is ready to play a part for Liverpool in the second leg of their Uefa Champions League quarter-final tie against Porto on Wednesday.
England international Gomez has not featured since fracturing his leg in a Premier League game against Burnley in December.
The 21-year-old returned to the bench for the 2-0 victory over Porto last week and, with Dejan Lovren unavailable through illness, is a contender to start at centre-back in the reverse encounter.
Joel Matip appears likelier to hold his place alongside mainstay Virgil van Dijk, but Gomez could be called upon at Estadio do Dragao.
“He is getting better and better,” Klopp said at Tuesday’s pre-match news conference.
“Whether he’s ready to play 90 minutes from the start in a Champions League game, I’m not so sure.
Can he come on and do a great job? I would say yes, that is possible, and that’s the most important thing for us.
Liverpool are in a strong position to advance to the semi-finals thanks to the goals scored by Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino at Anfield.
Porto boss Sergio Conceicao saw enough to claim are Liverpool are “sometimes” the best team in the world, a label Klopp hopes to do justice.
“Sometimes we are really good. Hopefully we can show it again,” the German said.
“There are moments before we win the ball or after we win the ball when the boys look really, really good.
“It’s a compliment but we know we have a tough job to do. We are here to go to the next round. We have to fight really hard.”
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quite like the old crown paints jersey
@sams theman: the adidas Carlsberg sponsored jersey should be modernized and made as are home kit that kit scared away teams it was raw
That keeper kit is fantastic
Meet the new jersey, same as the old jersey!
It’s not bad. I don’t like the way the sponsor logo is white and the crest and NB logo is yellow/gold. Looks strange. It clashes a bit. All white for me id prefer. Anywho. Looks to be last year with new balance. Massive money nike deal looks to be coming. Which is good. Having the same jersey as all nike sponsored teams….. not so good.
@Seaniecp: Bring back Adidas and the three stripes!
@Seaniecp: the sponsor logo is far too high
@Jack Ryan: new balance jerseys have been top notch
@Colm Connolly: ya I guess it is really
Paisley-era shirts were all v-neck. This isn’t. #Fail
@Brendan Moriarty: in fairness they do say it’s inspired by the jersey not copied
@Brendan Moriarty: He would of been 100 this year, read into it .
Can’t wait to see what monstrosities NB have planned for this terms away shirts
No level of mawkish sentimentality is high enough for this crowd…
@Joe O’riordan: https://the42.ie/4591563
@Joe O’riordan: delicious salty tears
@Joe O’riordan: it’s called tradition.
@Joe O’riordan: Spurs new stadium, beautiful, Hazard to Madrid beautiful, Chelsea cash nipple run dry, bea…..
It looks OK to me, very like the one from last year (which I loved), but with the pinstripes now white. That goalie jersey should have been the away kit IMO.