Ahead of this weekend’s activity, Jurgen Klopp detailed Thiago Alcantara’s return to the pitch after returning from a long recovery.
Jurgen Klopp is having a grand time with Thiago Alcantara’s return from his knee injury. After months of rehabilitation, the former Bayern Munich star can finally begin his process of returning to form. Liverpool needs a player of his skill in order to remain at the top of the Premier League table. Alcantara is arguably one of the best midfielders in the world today and his arrival to Liverpool was a blessing for the Reds.
Despite his return to practice, Klopp wants to take things slowly with Thiago. A knee injury like the one he suffered needs to be treated with extreme care because the player could fall injured again. Klopp is an expert at this, which is the reason Thiago is in good hands.
How Klopp will take Thiago’s return.
“Thiago made his first steps back towards team training,” he told a media conference through Liverpool’s website. “He’s not involved in the full session but has made good steps. Unfortunately, after a long time out we cannot and will not rush it. The other guys are closer. Shaqiri trained really well. Milly trained a full session yesterday and today a little bid adapted. It’s a strange situation for us because we still have two more days before we need to make a decision but I don’t know. Thiago will not be involved, he has to be in full training first. He’s not too far away, I hope.”
“This week was a really important week,” he added. “Today was the first ‘minus three [days]’ session since we started again, so full 11 on 11, tactical stuff, everything in, pressing, counter-pressing, all the stuff. We haven’t had that. So, this is the most similar session you can have to playing a game. The boys are connected, the boys are important and we will use them. Against Tottenham we didn’t make a substitution because they were all without rhythm and the game was really intense. They are now all a step further.”
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