Jurgen Klopp was forced to weigh up his winning mentality and his diplomatic instinct as he finalised his Liverpool team selection ahead of the trip to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup.
The Reds were without Mohamed Salah for Sunday's quarter-final clash as he suffered a slight recurrence of his recent foot injury during Wednesday's Premier League win at Arsenal. "Mo felt his foot again a little bit after the game, so we have to see what we do with that," Klopp said on Friday.
Even in the absence of their top goalscorer, Liverpool have a wealth of attacking talent including Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and, as of the January transfer window, Luiz Diaz. With their pursuit of the quadruple on the line at the City Ground, many fans expected the forward trident to face Forest would be comprised of three of those four players.
