Lallana faces race against time

Jurgen Klopp is unsure whether England international Adam Lallana will be fit enough to feature for Liverpool against Southampton on Saturday. The former Saints star will have a scan to determine the extent of the injury he sustained in the opening stages of England’s 2-2 draw with Spain at Wembley on Tuesday.

Klopp said: “I would say 95 per cent is good news, but with Adam we don’t know yet exactly.

“Of course, nobody comes off the pitch when they don’t feel anything and I’ve spoken to him already. He felt [something] but we couldn’t do a scan until now, so we have to wait for this.

“As you can imagine, it will be close. The time until Southampton is short, so I don’t know. Hopefully it is not too serious, but we have to wait.”

Meanwhile, Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino will be assessed to see whether they can feature this weekend following their flight back from Peru, where they were on international duty with Brazil. Klopp has also said that he will not rush Joe Gomez back to first-team action following the teenager’s serious injury.

The 19-year-old was able to play 45 minutes in a behind-closed-doors friendly with Accrington Stanley on Sunday.

Table-topping Liverpool are 5/2 to win the Premier League title this season and 11/1 to beat Southampton 2-0 on Saturday. The Reds are also 8/1 to win the match from behind  and 7/1 to score a penalty against Claude Puel’s side.

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