Jurgen Klopp believes Naby Keita is on the cusp of fulfilling his Liverpool potential.
The Guinea international has endured a difficult year with a succession of injuries, but made a telling impact from the substitutes' bench as the Reds grabbed a late equaliser against Manchester United on Sunday.
It was Keita's pass that freed up Andy Robertson down the left to cross for Adam Lallana's late leveller and it was an encouraging cameo from a £52million midfielder who has spent much of the last six months on the treatment table for various problems.
Keita has started just one game - away at MK Dons in the Carabao Cup - since pulling up with an adductor issue in the Champions League semi-final in Barcelona on May 1. However, Klopp thinks the former RB Leipzig star is edging his way towards showing his best form.
Klopp said: "When will we see Keita at his best? Soon. Naby is one and a half or two weeks in full training around about.
"He looks good and that is why he played [against Man Utd], they all did, that is why we made the changes (Keita, Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain). We made them because we really knew they could have an impact in that game, it was the best news of the whole day at Man Utd.
"Not the result, not the goalscorer, which was nice, but these three guys who are important players for us can perform like this in a game where they don't have rhythm and they don't play that much, that they can perform like this in a game.
"In training, I see it a lot, so that was the best news. It will not be long before [we see Keita at his best]."
