'No need for it' - Jurgen Klopp drops Liverpool line-up hint as injuries mount for Arsenal tie

Jurgen Klopp has hinted he will name a strong side for Liverpool’s FA Cup third round trip to Arsenal on Sunday.

The Reds, who will be without 10 first team players at the Emirates, return to action in the capital for the first time since their 4-2 victory over Newcastle United on New Year’s Day. However, after facing the Gunners, they then host Fulham in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday 10 January before the Premier League’s winter break.

This season marks the first with a winter break since the 2019/20, following the knock-on effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the mid-season 2022 World Cup in Qatar. That year, Klopp named a youthful Liverpool side to face Everton in the FA Cup third round as Curtis Jones’ long-range strike earned a 1-0 win.

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Then needing a replay to get past League One side Shrewsbury Town, the German named a much-changed side for the original tie, before Under-23s manager Neil Critchley led a squad of Academy players to victory in the replay which fell during the winter break.

But Klopp has suggested that history won’t repeat itself this season and that he intends to name strong side against the Gunners.

"We love it (the FA Cup) as well,” he told reporters. “All the players in our squad, the boys with us in the same dressing room, are ready for games. That's how it is. There is no doubt about it.

"Four years ago we played Everton when Curtis (Jones) fired that ball in the far corner. It was one of the best nights of our lives. Everton, derby, a very young team and we won this game somehow. It was