Jurgen Klopp Undecided On Daniel Sturridge’s Status For Man City Vs. Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp will check on the fitness of Daniel Sturridge over the next 24 hours before deciding whether he will be in contention to be involved against Manchester City on Saturday.

The striker resumed training at Melwood this week following a knee injury that had kept him out of the Reds’ last seven outings.

“He is as fit as he can be after this long break,” Klopp told his pre-City press conference. “He has trained with us.

“Of course he is not at 100 percent, so now we will have to see.

“I don’t know what I will do tomorrow when I name the squad. I have to think about it.

“His quality is outstanding, we don’t have to talk about it, but like everybody he needs training.

“Today was his third full exercise with the team after four-and-a-half to five weeks’ break.

“But as a striker sometimes five minutes are enough, so we’ll have to see. I have to decide this tomorrow — and I’ll start thinking about it after the press conference.”

Sturridge has not figured for Liverpool since Oct. 4.

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