Klopp was forced into fielding a makeshift defence for the visit of Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie on Tuesday. Virgil van Dijk missed the match due to suspension and Dejan Lovren and Joe Gomez remain out with their respective injuries. He puts them in Rio Ferdinand on Liverpool boss Jurgen KloppBut he has praised Klopp’s faith he has shown in Fabinho and also the inclusion of Naby Keita in midfield. Ferdinand says it would have been easy for the German manager to pick James Milner ahead of the less-experienced Keita. “You see the influence that Virgil van Dijk has on this Liverpool team, without him they’re not as good.

Source: Express February 19, 2019 20:37 UTC