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		</div><p>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not blame England boss Gareth Southgate for Adam Lallana&#8217;s injury but he is not happy about losing his key midfielder for the Merseyside derby.</p>
<p>Lallana sustained a thigh injury during the win over Lithuania but still managed to play all 90 minutes, having completed just over an hour of the friendly meeting with Germany four days previously.</p>
<p>Klopp has no issue with Southgate, who called the Liverpool manager this week to explain his decision to field Lallana in the World Cup qualifier at Wembley.</p>
<p>However, he felt the 28-year-old did not need to feature in Dortmund just three days after the intense Premier League encounter with top-four rivals Manchester City.</p>
<p><i<"I think it is absolutely normal to have contact with the manager of the national team," said Klopp.

<i>&#8220;It is not about appreciating (the call) it is about the normal situation. We both share players.</p>
<p>&#8220;Of course I was not happy &#8211; someone said I was relaxed about the situation but I could not be less relaxed about this, but it is not about blaming Gareth Southgate.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was not happy that he played on Wednesday but it is not my decision and I respect 100 per cent the decisions of other managers because they have to respect my decisions, too.</p>
<p>&#8220;He (Lallana) made the line-up (against Germany) and he loves football that much he obviously didn&#8217;t say, &#8216;I should maybe wait another day&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I really think we could handle these situations better if we work together.</p>
<p>&#8220;As long as we do not work together we will have these situations all the time.&#8221;</i></p>
<figure id="attachment_90100" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-90100" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-49.jpeg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/image-49.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-90100" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-90100" class="wp-caption-text">Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp</figcaption></figure>
<p>Klopp&#8217;s midfield problems have been exacerbated by the news captain Jordan Henderson has suffered a setback in his recovery from a foot injury, which has kept him out since mid-February.</p>
<p>The England international is not expected to return to training until after next week so will not be ready for the midweek visit of West Brom or next weekend&#8217;s trip to Stoke.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Jordan unfortunately had a little setback and he is not in team training,&#8221;</i> added Klopp, who ruled out any additional intervention to ascertain the root of the problem.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Last time we were here I said I hoped he would be training this week and already he isn&#8217;t and next week doesn&#8217;t look like this too, so we have to wait.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is only a question of time unfortunately &#8211; it is nothing we can do.</p>
<p>&#8220;You can imagine if there was a little chance Hendo could run he would do it but we have to be really careful with him, we cannot take a risk.</p>
<p>&#8220;He gets the treatment and then we have to wait for the moment when he is back again.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Striker Daniel Sturridge, out since early February with a virus and then a hip complaint, has started running outdoors again but is not yet involved with the squad and will not face Everton.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;When a player is on the pitch with a rehab coach that is not back to training. He is in a good way but no chance for the weekend,&#8221;</i> explained the Reds boss.</p>
<p>Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 13 meetings against Everton and have not lost a derby at Anfield since 1999.</p>
<p>It is why Klopp believes they can head into the game confident, having battered their near-neighbours 4-0 in the same fixture 11 months ago.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Everton are a good team on a really good run and are obviously confident but we are Liverpool and we play at Anfield, and no-one should under-estimate the power of Anfield and I would really love to show this fact,&#8221;</i> said the German, who in December became the first Liverpool manager to win his first two derbies.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t need a second to understand how important this game is. This is my third against Everton but I have played a lot of different other derbies in my career.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is this moment when the world around stops for 90 minutes in a specific city.</p>
<p>&#8220;We need to be aggressive but not too aggressive, be hard but especially against yourself.</p>
<p>&#8220;It would make no sense to start with 11 and after a few minutes you have to carry on with 10.&#8221;</i></p>
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