Here are your Liverpool evening headlines for Friday, March 5.
Ozan Kabak blow
Despite being ravaged at centre-back by injuries to all three senior options, Liverpool's misery at the position is set to continue.
New signing Ozan Kabak, who was signed to temporarily replace Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip, all of whom are unlikely to play again this season, picked up a problem in Thursday's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea and is a major doubt for the weekend clash against Fulham.
"Ozan after the game had a little problem," said Reds boss Klopp on Friday. "He has played now a lot of games and we will see whether he is ready for Fulham.
"It doesn't look like it at the moment. We will have to find solutions."
Klopp sets Salah record straight
Klopp has set the record straight on Mohamed Salah's substitution and future, stating that he pulled the Egyptian international off because he looked sluggish and not for any other reason.
"I cannot not change a player just because it creates a story," said the Reds boss.
"Afterwards, I didn't even think about these kind of things in the moment. You do it because you think in the moment it's right.
"And you (the media) are allowed to judge afterwards if it was right but it does not change my decision any more."
Speaking ahead of Sunday's visit of Fulham, Klopp added: "In the situation when you make a decision like that he looked, for me, like he felt the intensity. He probably saw it completely differently and that is completely fine.
"It's not the most important thing in the world, maybe 30 minutes without Mo Salah is why he could play again on Sunday.
"We make these decisions in the moment and not with any thoughts in behind. The problem only is you only have to explain it after the game and the day after the game - these kind of stories so far didn't happen.
"I cannot guarantee for the future and for all times it will never happen but these kind of discussions we never had.
"I could have changed other players, that's true, it was more who we bring on in this moment."
Owen's wild Mane-Salah theory
Michael Owen has a wild theory as to why Sadio Mane has not fallen under contact in the penalty box in Liverpool's last two matches.
On two separate occasions, Mane bravely tried to stay on his feet when contacted in the box. Liverpool fans were calling for him to go down to win a penalty, but Owen has a strange theory relating to Salah and the Golden Boot that could explain Mane's insistence to stay up.
"I couldn’t believe he didn’t go down there and look, I’m not advocating he does," Owen said on Optus Sport.
"It was a great touch and he possibly thought he might get a chance at the end of it ... but he did something similar a week ago [against Sheffield United].
"I just wonder, and it might be a little bit of devious thoughts creeping into my head, Mo Salah is the penalty taker in this team, and if he (Mane) thinks he’s getting a chance to score he thinks ‘well I’m going to score, if I don’t stay on my feet, Mo Salah’s going to get another penalty.
"These players have been going for the Golden Boot for the past couple of seasons. It might be a wild sort of theory, but the competitive nature of him and Mo Salah. We’ve seen them not passing to each other when one of them is in a much better position to the other.
"We’re seeing a little bit of selfishness, we’re seeing a little bit of disgruntled behaviour - Mo Salah shaking his head [when he was subbed off].
"I just think a couple of times there, I’ve seen Mane go down for those kind of opportunities, and [to not do it] two games on the spin? It just made me think a little bit."
