Virgil van Dijk could not help but laugh at the prospect of facing Newcastle United in the early kick-off after Liverpool failed with an appeal to push the game back.
Liverpool 's trip to St James' Park will be the Reds' ninth game this month as Jurgen Klopp's side bid to become the first team in history to win the quadruple. Such has been Liverpool's packed fixture schedule, Saturday's clash will take place just 63 hours after the Merseysiders defeated Villarreal in the first-leg of their Champions League semi-final tie at Anfield.
Liverpool wanted more time to recover and prepare for the game against Newcastle and, perhaps, that should not come as a surprise given how strong the Magpies have been at home under Eddie Howe. Klopp even went as far as to say that 'if you want to cause us problems, you send us to 12.30 at Newcastle' weeks before the match was due to take place.
