Snippets from today's press conference

Klopp's not underestimating Norwich

No Olympics decision yet on Salah Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp starts by providing an update on the chances of Mohamed Salah representing Egypt at the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

He said: "Do I want to lose a player during pre-season? Of course not. But we have to consider different things.

"We need more information. How would it look? When will preparation start? Nobody has really contacted us so far. So no decision made yet but we'll see."

Klopp's not underestimating Canaries It's top versus bottom at Carrow Road on Saturday but Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp will be taking nothing for granted.

He said: "People think it will be easy because they don't really think about it and they only watch the table but we know about the problems we can have - and we know about the problems we can cause them as well."



'Make this game the most important of our lives' Jurgen Klopp is still only focused on the next game rather than entertaining title talk. That's worked pretty well for Liverpool so far so why change now?

"Norwich is obviously my first concern," said the German boss. "We have prepared ourselves since Monday for this game. We didn't speak about anything else.

"We have no other chance than to make this game the most important game of our lives. Play it on Saturday and try with all we have to win it."

'It was a good warning for us' Jurgen Klopp remembers the impressive performance of Daniel Farke's side in the opening game of the season, when the Canaries took the game to Liverpool but ultimately lost.

He said: "We scored four, they scored one, but they had much more chances in that game. That's what we have to think about.

"It was a really good warning and a good start in the season for us. It was early and we were not that consistent at that time."

The Liverpool boss added: "Now both teams are in a different situation but we will feel the quality of Norwich and we have to make sure they feel our quality."

A dream preparation week for Klopp Jurgen Klopp said: "The dream of a manager is to have a full week to prepare for a game. You have intense training sessions which you normally cannot have. Usually the most intense session is the game.

"So we use that week, we train hard. You don't really lose anything. You find your own rhythm again."

'It was never a standpoint against the FA Cup' And finally from Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool boss discussed Manchester City's game with West Ham being rescheduled in both clubs' winter break, just as Liverpool's FA Cup replay with Shrewsbury was.

He said: "It just shows the problem with the schedule. It's the weather, nobody can change it. For us, it was never a standpoint against the FA Cup.

"It had nothing to do with that. It was just to make sure that we decided [on] a winter break so there must be a winter break. I can imagine it was really difficult organisation-wise."