Liverpool handed welcome Merseyside derby boost as Jurgen Klopp explains big pre-match difference
As Liverpool prepare for their third post-international break 12.30pm kick-off of the year, Jurgen Klopp will at least be relieved that preparations have been more organised this month.
The Reds are down to play all four such fixtures in 2023, with their trip to Man City next month occupying the November slot. Meanwhile, such internationals caused the biggest of headaches for Liverpool in September due to the club’s South American contingent.
Alisson Becker, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, and Alexis Mac Allister have all been in World Cup qualification action for their respective nations during the last two international breaks. And due to time differences and flights, they weren’t able to link back up with the Reds until the day before their trip to Wolves in September.
“I didn’t see him (Darwin Nunez) yet but obviously we had contact and they said Darwin is fine,” Klopp told reporters at the time, amid fears the striker had suffered a knock. “But we will see that that. We will make a couple of decisions but Darwin should be fine.
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“I think 30-odd hours ago, Macca played in Bolivia. Landed yesterday morning at 4 o’clock. Lucho at 9am yesterday. So let’s see where we can pick up from there.
“I didn’t see them yet. I will see them today and then we will make the decisions about the game tomorrow.”
In the end, Mac Allister was the only one of Liverpool’s three South American outfielders to start at Molineux. Yet he put in a poor performance as the Reds’ trailed at the break, and, having picked up an early booking, was withdrawn at half-time.
Diaz came
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