Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is hopeful centre-back Virgil van Dijk will be fit to return for Saturday’s Club World Cup final against Flamengo. The Dutchman missed the 2-1 semi-final win against Monterrey on Thursday through illness.
Klopp confirmed Van Dijk trained on Friday and he will be assessed at the end of the session. The game, which kicks off at 17:30 GMT, will be live on BBC One, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. With Joel Matip and Dejan Lovren also absent, Jordan Henderson dropped into central defence to partner Joe Gomez in Wednesday’s semi-final.
Fabinho is also missing for the Premier League leaders, while Georginio Wijnaldum, who travelled to Qatar despite picking up a muscle injury in last weekend’s win over Watford, is again likely to be unavailable after not training.