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Liverpool have another opportunity to pile pressure on Manchester City when they face Brighton in an early kick-off on Saturday.
The Reds could go within three points of City with a win on the south coast before Pep Guardiola’s side travel to take on Crystal Palace on Monday night.
Having secured their place in the Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, Jurgen Klopp’s attention turns back towards the title race with his Liverpool side looking to record their eighth consecutive league win this weekend.
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However, the German coach will be well aware of the threat posed by Graham Potter’s Brighton side, having been held to a 2-2 draw at Anfield in October.
Speaking in his press conference ahead of the game, the Liverpool boss confirmed that the club have no fresh injury concerns, despite Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Thiago Alcantara being absent from training on Thursday.
Though Klopp did warn that the club have to remain wary of a possible covid-19 outbreak, in a cautious fitness update on Friday.
"We had a few little things but so far nobody is out of training. On top of that, Covid is not over,” he said.
"These kind of things we have as well. Or had, we will see. We try everything to avoid this but it's not