Liverpool handed huge injury boost ahead of Spurs clash, Jurgen Klopp will be buzzing - opinion

Liverpool have been handed a huge boost ahead of their Premier League meeting with Tottenham Hotspur tonight.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday (via liverpoolfc.com), Jurgen Klopp revealed that Roberto Firmino, who has been sidelined since picking up a foot injury in the Reds’ FA Cup semi-final victory over Manchester City last month, has now returned to first-team training and could be available for selection at Anfield this evening.

When asked whether the centre-forward could feature against Spurs, the 54-year-old Liverpool manager said: “I don’t know, but he is back in training, so now we have to make a decision about that.

“The foot thing didn’t let him do a lot. We had to let it settle and now we have to make sure that he has a few proper sessions. Obviously, we have enough games still, so it’s very important that we have to make sure that we get him in the best possible shape.

“I didn’t make a decision but it might be possible, that it makes for him more sense just to train through the weekend and be then a big step closer for Tuesday, for example. But let’s see. Yesterday he was in training, was great.”

With injury having plagued Firmino’s 2021/22 campaign thus far, Klopp will be buzzing that it appears as if Liverpool could call upon the striker against Tottenham tonight if he is required.

Indeed, despite having made just 18 Premier League appearances – only nine of which have come as starts – this season, the £34.2m-rated Brazilian has impressed whenever he has featured, scoring five goals, providing three assists and creating two big chances for his team-mates.

He has also taken 1.3 shots, made 0.6 key passes and completed 0.7 dribbles per game, with these returns seeing the £180k-per-week