Liverpool news: Reds get Roberto Firmino boost as Jurgen Klopp spars with Gabby Agbonlahor

Liverpool’s trip to Old Trafford is now just two days away, but Jurgen Klopp is not busy exchanging words with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, like you might expect.

Klopp has instead been sticking up for United’s under-pressure manager following two successive defeats and his comments have sparked a war of words with somebody very different. The Liverpool manager’s pre-match press conference on Friday did contain some of the more unusual content, with injury updates and team news also on the agenda.

Meanwhile, the Reds do not need to worry about facing United’s £60million new midfielder Casemiro, despite a deal being agreed with Real Madrid on Friday evening. Here brings you all the latest Liverpool news.

Liverpool have been hit hard by injuries of late, so the news that Roberto Firmino is fit and ready to replace the suspended Darwin Nunez against Manchester United comes as a relief.

Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Jurgen Klopp said: "Bobby has trained completely normally and is ready."

The Brazilian missed Monday’s 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace with a muscle complaint, but is very likely to start at Old Trafford, with Nunez out for three games after headbutting Joachim Andersen.

Firmino’s return is a boost, but Diogo Jota, Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara, Joel Matip and Ibrahima Konate all remain unavailable.

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Friday saw a strange spat emerge between the Liverpool manager and former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor.

Klopp had been annoyed listening to Agbonlahor’s analysis on talkSPORT of Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat by Brentford last weekend, in which he called Erik ten Hag’s players "amateur" and their performance "a shambles". “I was close to