Will Virgil van Dijk play against Arsenal?
Jurgen Klopp has provided an update on Virgil van Dijk's availability ahead of the weekend's Premier League clash with Arsenal.
Van Dijk was conspicuous by his absence from the Liverpool squad that faced off against Chelsea on Tuesday evening, playing out a rather dire 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Reds' fans fears that the starting centre-back would be out for an extended period of time however have been quickly laid to rest by manager Klopp, who confirmed that Van Dijk was ill and will be back in time to face Arsenal on Sunday.
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In reply to a question from Sky Sports about whether Van Dijk would be fit to face league-leaders Arsenal, Klopp replied: "Yeah, yeah, yeah. He was ill but until the weekend we have a few days."
Klopp also gave his reaction to the drab draw with Chelsea too during his interview.
"So I saw a couple of 0-0s against Chelsea over the last few years," he said.
"The two finals are two of the best games I've seen. Tonight was different. Two teams on a low confidence level but they put in a good fight. Super attitude and super mentality and that's what I saw. They had chance we had chance. We had to fight until the end, they had to fight until the end. It was a super intense game but not a spectacular game."
Klopp's Liverpool will go into Sunday's game in need of a win, having failed to win any of their last four games in all competitions following their history drubbing of Man Utd at the start of March.
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