Jurgen Klopp has opened up on the cautious strategy Liverpool have taken with Dominik Szoboszlai‘s restoration forward of a attainable return to the beginning line-up.
The Hungarian missed 4 video games in January on account of a hamstring pressure picked up towards Newcastle, after which instantly suffered a recurrence upon making his comeback towards Chelsea.
As such, the Reds have taken further care with Szoboszlai’s rehabilitation this time round, implementing a seven-match absence from the beginning XI that might finish towards Sparta Prague tomorrow.
And Klopp admits it hasn’t been straightforward to maintain the midfielder sidelined for therefore lengthy given his eagerness to return.
Requested by a Hungarian journalist if the midfielder is perhaps match to begin on Thursday, the German replied: “You is perhaps shocked, however we don’t discuss line-ups in these press conferences!
“It’s good that he’s again. You realize him in all probability very properly, he loves taking part in soccer, being injured for him is hard, robust, robust.
“It was not an harm the place it was painful each day, he was simply not allowed to coach correctly, how it’s with muscle accidents.
“In order that’s the explanation why we needed to be cautious in his rehab as a result of, if we might have requested Dom, he might have skilled utterly with the crew since two or three weeks.
“However the medical advisors instructed us no, no, we now have to attend, and that’s what we did. Now he’s again, performed a couple of minutes and is within the squad. All the remainder, we’ll see.”
Szoboszlai’s fellow midfielder Alexis Mac Allister can also be glad to see him again and instructed reporters: “He’s an incredible participant, good lad as properly. He’s doing very properly.
“He had an harm however we can not neglect what he brings to the crew, he’s positively as vital as each participant on this crew and a particular man.”