Jurgen Klopp names his four "strongest players ever" who can't get into Liverpool squad

Jurgen Klopp has named his four strongest players despite none of them getting into his Liverpool squad.

The Reds are hunting down Manchester City in the Premier League for the title and sit one behind them with five matches to go following their 2-0 win over Everton. Andy Robertson and Divock Origi scored to keep the pressure on with time running out.

But Liverpool are also looking to win the Champions League and FA Cup while fancying themselves in both competitions. They take on Villarreal in the semi-finals in Europe while Chelsea awaits them at Wembley next month.

They have lost just once this calendar year in a 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan when they were already two goals up from the first leg. It will take a mighty team to down them while it has also left those on the peripherals at Anfield gawping in.

However, Klopp has insisted that these fringe players are his strongest and insisted that they would not be able to maintain their form without them. After the win against Everton on Sunday, the German coach said: "The group lives because of the boys that don't always play, they are the strongest players ever; [Alex] Oxlade-Chamberlain, [Harvey] Elliot, [Takumi] Minamino, even Rhys Williams.

"They are in great shape, but the way they behave is why we do these kind of things."

Liverpool were largely held by Everton throughout the contest at Anfield on Sunday but they resilience was broken in the second half. Robertson netted the first before Origi kept up his fine form against the Toffees to put the result to bed.

Klopp added: "A football game has two halves; thank god. In the first half, we didn't pass quick enough, accelerate at the right moments, pass in behind. At half-time, I told the players it was easy to