Press conference'Absolutely outstanding' - Klopp praises full squad effort amid busy run

The Reds reached the Emirates FA Cup final on Saturday afternoon, beating Manchester City 3-2 at Wembley to progress into the showpiece at the national stadium against Chelsea on May 14.

Klopp’s outfit – who won the Carabao Cup in February – are also into the final four of the Champions League, where they will face Villarreal, and remain firmly in the Premier League title race.

The midweek hosting of Manchester United at Anfield begins a seven-game league run-in with Liverpool sitting just a point behind City at the top of the standings.

The boss has heavily rotated his squad in recent weeks – particularly in midfield – due to the volume of games coming in quick succession.

In his pre-match press conference ahead of the Red Devils fixture, Klopp took time to laud the overall effort of his squad: “In our situation it is clear.

“There were some players not in the squad for the weekend, for example, and will not be in the squad for tomorrow, who are in really good shape – really, really, really good. I wouldn’t tell here, obviously, or would say: ‘It’s easier to leave him out.’

“But the boys behave... and if we achieve anything this year, whatever it will be, it is because of how all the boys deal with the situation, and that means as well the boys who were not in the squad from time to time.

“They keep still the training quality at [an] extremely high level. Really all credit to them, it’s absolutely outstanding.

“So, now making decisions, I have to do something. I don’t run on the pitch, I don’t score goals, I don’t defend, all these kind of things.

“I have to do something and decision-making is one of the things I have to do. That’s all about, you try to figure out how it is, you try [to decide] what is [the] best possible formation.

“We have to think about intensity in the past, who played how often and all these kind of things. We didn’t have that situation too often.

“Usually in that part of the season we are already on three wheels and try to get somehow through, so hopefully we have to make these decisions until the end of the season.”