Jurgen Klopp has been at Liverpool for less than two weeks, but he’s already taking on the biggest targets.
The former Borussia Dortmund manager will be without youngster Jordan Rossiter for the Europa League game against Rubin Kazan after the 18-year-old picked up an injury on England duty.
And Klopp has pulled no punches, criticising the FA for Rossiter’s punishing run of three games in five days for the Under-19 side.
Klopp critical of the FA over Rossiter's injury: "I've never heard of this situation where a player of this age plays 3 matches in 5 days"
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) October 21, 2015
Midfielder Rossiter featured in both the Reds’ prior Europa League games, against Bordeaux and Sion, and was likely to have been called upon again for Klopp’s first home game.
But he will miss out, as will Daniel Sturridge, though the England striker could return to face Southampton at the weekend.
Jürgen: "Sturridge is getting better and better. The timeframe is Sunday, that's what we try to do."
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 21, 2015
Liverpool have won just twice at Anfield all season, excluding the penalty shoot-out victory over Carlisle United, and their new boss will hope to get off to a winning start on his home debut.
