Reds manager doesn’t rule out Community Shield start for returning stars

Jurgen Klopp has refused to rule out starting Mohamed Salah, Roberto Fimino and Alisson Becker starting berths against Manchester City on Sunday.
The Reds trio returned to the fold last night against Lyon, with Firmino getting on the scoresheet to cancel out an early goal from the Ligue 1 side.
And Klopp has called on his side to “play much better” against City in the Community Shield clash at Wembley this weekend.
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“All round it was a much better performance, but again, I said that will happen,” Klopp said.
“Now we have three more days to prepare for the City game and then we will see what we can do there.
“I am of course happy, but I know we must play much better to have a chance against City.
“Man City is different to all other games that you play – you have to play a pre-season game against Man City to prepare for Man City and we didn’t do that!
“We need to adapt to that, but all good. Today [Wednesday] was, from a physical point of view, very, very important for all the lads, and from a psychological point of view as well.
“We are all human beings and losing football games we never get used to, so I’m really happy that we could change that.”
Klopp added: “Mo is naturally fit and he can sprint all day, which us helps of course.
“It opens up the pitch, you can play much more football – not always between the lines. If you from time-to-time chip the ball in behind the line, then Mo makes these offers which is very important for us.
“Bobby in between the lines and in the box [was] present [and] really important.”
On the possibility of the returning trio starting against City, the manager admitted: “I don’t know yet in the moment, so that’s how it is. We have to see.
“I don’t say 100 per cent not, there’s a chance that they will play, yes. They will be involved whenever, from the start, maybe we cannot make these [number of] changes like today [against Lyon] after half an hour or whatever, that’s maybe not possible in that game, so we have to see.
“We have to see how they react tomorrow. Now training is not the highest intensity anymore, now training is about the detail [and] we really need to prepare the game.”
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