Jurgen Klopp leaning against rotating Liverpool team for FA Cup tie at Arsenal

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he cannot afford to take too many risks with his team selection for the FA Cup third round tie at Arsenal.

Even though his side are already just two matches away from Wembley with a Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg at home to Fulham on Wednesday the Reds boss said he could not make huge changes against the Gunners.

Three will be enforced with forward Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo at the African Nations Cup and Asian Cup respectively while fellow midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai has been ruled out for at least two matches with a hamstring problem.

The return of Alexis Mac Allister, out for a month with a knee injury, and Ryan Gravenberch are likely to fill the gaps in the middle of the pitch but the troublesome spot is Salah's right-wing berth.

Harvey Elliott played there in the League Cup quarter-final with West Ham and the 19-year-old Kaide Gordon did the job in the Europa League defeat to Union Saint Gilloise but it seems unlikely the teenager will be pitched straight in at the Emirates.

"If you bring a boy who didn't play for five or six weeks, it's very rare he can play to his best. That's why so far I think we did that quite well," said Klopp of his rotation policy this season.

"But actually I am not sure if Arsenal is now a game to rotate. I don't know 100% if we have the opportunity to do so to be honest.

"We have players available and we can line a good team up. If that looks then afterwards like rotation, I don't know yet.

"We've had six days between the games (since Newcastle on New Year's Day) and there's no need for rotation.

"You can say, 'OK, three days later we have another game'. Yes, that's true, but we can think about that when the other game is over. That's what we do usually.