Liverpool to assess Ibrahima Konate ahead of Manchester City clash
The former RB Leipzig defender was withdrawn early in the second half of Thursday's 5-1 Europa League thrashing of Sparta Prague in the first leg of their last-16 tie, complaining of apparent hamstring tightness.
There was a precautionary element to Konate's substitution, but Klopp was none the wiser about the severity of his issue straight after the game, and the German had no update on his condition in Friday's pre-game press conference.
However, the Reds boss said that the Frenchman was feeling «rather positive» after being taken off at epet Arena, while Joe Gomez — the most likely candidate to deputise for Konate if need be — is fine after a pre-planned half-time substitution.
«Yeah, fresh, Joe [Gomez] is fine — Ibou, I don't know,» Klopp said. «Ibou was rather positive last night, he thought he made the right decision in the right moment saying it's better I go [off].
»But how we know, that doesn't mean a lot unfortunately. He will get scanned, definitely, [but] so far I don't have the results of that. All the others are fine."
Klopp also confirmed that Mohamed Salah — who made his first appearance since February's win over Brentford on February 17 against Sparta Prague — came through his cameo unscathed and is therefore primed to return to the starting XI for the first time since New Year's Day.
However, Liverpool remain without Curtis Jones (shin), Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee), Alisson Becker (thigh), Joel Matip (knee), Ben Doak (knee), Stefan Bajcetic (calf), Thiago Alcantara (muscle) and Ryan Gravenberch (ankle), while Jayde
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