Thiago Alcantara has been ruled out for up to six weeks after limping off with a hamstring injury during the 2-2 draw with Fulham on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. Liverpool are without fellow midfielders Naby Keita, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain through injury and illness, although Keita will feature in the Monday Night Football clash at home to Crystal Palace, live on Sky Sports. Monday 15 August 19:00 Start 20:00 And Klopp appears to rule out the club dipping into the transfer market for midfield reinforcements. “If there was the right player and an opportunity, we would have done it, we would have done it, but I don’t see it because we’ve already had a lot of discussions and it doesn’t look like anything will happen,” he said. he said. “I am happy with the strength, size and quality of my squad, but we have injuries. There are many solutions to this. One of them is the transfer market, but that only makes sense if you can bring in the right player. “All the other solutions are within the squad. We have too many injuries, that’s clear. Nabi will be back on Monday and Kostas (Tsimikas) will train today for the first time, so he can be back too.” Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player FREE WATCH: Highlights from Fulham’s Premier League draw with Liverpool. Liverpool, uncharacteristically for Klopp’s side, started slowly and had to fight back twice at Fulham to earn a point against their new promotion rivals. “We dealt with it after the game. We started slow and I didn’t like it,” he said. “I saw an attitude to fight back, but it’s better to have a strong and focused start. It took a long time to activate it. We had to fight back and the momentum was with Fulham. “After 55 games [last season] you’re telling me we’re starting late! You can’t play 63 games and always be superior, you fight it somehow. We must be awake before it begins. I don’t like you finding one thing in the statistics and telling me it’s the truth, it’s not.” Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player Jamie Carragher discusses Liverpool’s opening day draw at Fulham, whether they need to re-enter the transfer market and where the other Premier League title contenders might come from. Although their first game at Anfield on Monday will come after the heatwave, Klopp is not expecting an easy night. “It’s the same for Crystal Palace, but of course it’s much better to play at night,” he added. “It shouldn’t be a comfortable game at all.”
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