Klopp: Salah ready to start

Liverpool head into Thursday's Europa League second leg at Anfield against Sparta Prague in a strong position of holding a 5-1 lead from last week.

With Manchester United on the horizon in the FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday, Klopp will have the opportunity to shuffle his pack. It looks the perfect spot for Mohamed Salah to make his first start since returning from a hamstring injury suffered in January.

"We want to play the best possible football game. That's always how we decide the line-up. I couldn't tell you in this moment what I would do, even if I wanted to. We had a few players yesterday that needed an extra day. Let's see how they are today. The idea of the line-up will be to have the best legs. We need to keep rhythm and keep going. Don't think about next game on Sunday, even when it is Manchester United.

"He's [Salah] ready to start but I'm not sure if he should do 90 minutes. He could have started the last game, but I'm not sure for how long. I've never had a game where I've thought, 'Ah good, Mo Salah is not playing'. If he gets 90 minutes, it depends how it looks in the game. He can normally play game after game. We have to make sure we can rely on him consistently again."