Jurgen Klopp has admitted Liverpool’s players took a little while to get back to their best after suffering with Covid-19.
The Reds were forced to close down the AXA Training Centre and cancel training earlier this month after a suspected outbreak.
And Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, Alisson, Roberto Firmino, Joel Matip, Kaide Gordon and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all had positive tests at some point in the past six weeks.