Jurgen Klopp has reiterated his opposition to a two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final, suggesting it only benefits competition organisers, the EFL.
After last week's postponement, Liverpool will meet Arsenal in the first leg of their last-four tie at Anfield on Thursday before they reconvene on January 20 at the Emirates.
Klopp has been vocal in his stance that the tie should be played as a one-off game at the stadium of whoever is drawn out first.
The Reds boss says the two legs only stand to benefit the EFL from a financial point of view as he once again spoke out against the congested football calendar.
Asked if Liverpool had officially made the suggestion to have the semi-final as just one leg, Klopp said: "No. First, I hope that at one point in our lives that COVID will be over and we don't have this uncertainty constantly around us.
"But it shows us a little bit that COVID is around and with the amount of fixtures we have it is really tricky to fit them all in so a second semi-final is actually only good for one thing.
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"It's for the EFL probably from a financial point of view - but we should or could find a solution in the future, not for this year obviously because we didn't ask for it, no, just in general.
"I think all top-class people in football, especially the coaches, agree that we have to reduce the amount of games, in the long-term definitely.
"That is how it is. But a lot of people around try to do it the other way and that will definitely not lead in the right direction. It will not be the right outcome.
"So at one point we have to talk about these things but not for this game, we have two semi-finals and we are happy and hopeful that we can play both and that's what we want to do."
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Klopp also talked up the recent performances of summer signing Ibrahima Konate, who has made 12 appearances in all competitions since his £36million move from RB Leipzig in July.
"First and foremost what players always should be is themselves," Klopp added. "In the first moment that is why we signed them.
"But one thing is to analyse a player before you sign them and then all the rest is what you see when they arrive and being around them on the training ground.
"He played pretty early games for us and I think we all agree he is an exceptional talent.
"He is physically outstanding, a good footballer as well, his concentration levels... when you are that skilled, that quick, that strong, then it is pretty normal, especially when you are young, that your concentration level drops from time to time.
"Tactically, we play obviously very differently from Leipzig. They play quite frequently there with three at the back which is different as well.
"He had to adapt and has still to adapt to his team-mates, to the left and to the right of him, all these kinds of things. And on top of that with Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Joe Gomez, three more, from my point of view, world-class centre-halves
"So that is the situation. We just couldn't go into the season with three centre-halves, especially with two - no three - coming back from long-term injuries.
"So we needed to do that and now it is about using the moments you get, using the minutes you get, using the games you get and bringing yourself in the best possible shape and delivering when you are on the pitch and that is what he is doing so all is fine."
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