Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that three first-team players have tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Chelsea though they are as yet unnamed.
The Reds head to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but it is unclear who will be able to take to the pitch for the first game of 2022.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Klopp indicated that he could be without three senior players after two positive tests on Thursday and another the following morning.
“We have three new Covid cases in the team and a few more in the staff,” he told reporters.
“So it’s not cool in the moment. That’s it.”
Klopp refused to confirm the players who had returned positive tests, as they await “a proper PCR,” but it was telling that Alisson and Roberto Firmino missed training on Thursday.