Liverpool have no intention of rushing Philippe Coutinho back into action during the festive period, Jurgen Klopp has explained.
But with Coutinho yet to re-join his teammates in full training at Melwood, there will be no hasty decisions made on when the No.10 returns to the side.
‘Unfortunately, we don’t have him back in training,’ Klopp told the club’s website.
‘He makes his training – that’s a big difference. Until we have him in training, there’s absolutely no reason to think about when he is back.
‘We cannot rush the situation and we don’t want to rush it. We have to accept the more or less bigger steps in his improvement with this serious injury.
‘It was not [just] “something”. It was a decent injury and is still, so we need to wait.
‘Whenever he is back, the season is long enough that he can help us. We cannot rush it just because there are a few games now. That cannot have an influence on our decisions.’
