With first choice Alisson already injured the last thing that Jurgen Klopp needed was an injury to his back up keeper, especially when that injury was caused by a fan invading the pitch to join in the Super Cup win celebrations.

Jurgen Klopp is justifiably angry that the injury to his second choice keeper Adrian was caused by a fan running on the pitch in Istanbul to join in the celebrations.

Adrián’s ankle injury could be enough of an issue to keep him from playing against Saints on Saturday. There’s was swelling and an assessment and now the medical team are in waiting mode to discover if it’s okay for the Spanish goalkeeper to continue playing.

“As you can imagine, you have that (the injury), you fly four hours back and it doesn’t help the swelling,” said Klopp.

“So, he couldn’t play directly after we landed in Liverpool but I saw him now and it looks okay. He looks better. But the decision will be made tomorrow. No chance to make it early.”

So things are going wrong for Liverpool ahead of the trip to St Mary's , assuming that the German doesn't take the decision that he doesn't need a keeper to beat Saints and relies on 11 outfield players then if Adrian doesn't pass muster then he could be in trouble.

He has several keepers on the books, the only other two with a squad number though are Daniel Atherton and the other is Caoimhin Kelleher, both have yet to play a game of any sort for the Liverpool first team in a competitive match.

Kelleher was on the bench in Istanbul earlier this week, but he is recovering from a wrist injury that required surgery so is not truly match fit and might not be risked, but Klopp might not have that choice in that he hasn't much option.

Daniel Atherton is next up but has no experience whatsoever, so Klopp might look at who else he has on the books.

Andy Lonergan is the most experienced in that the 35 year old has a long career in the game behind him with a number of clubs, but since leaving Fulham in 2016 he has barely played and been back up most recently at Rochdale.

He joined Liverpool in the summer to provide back up and after the injury to Alisson was given a short term contract and is no favourite should Adrian be injured, certainly he at least has a track record.

My feeling is initially that Liverpool will patch up Adrian and figure that they can risk him, but having said that the problem would be that if he damaged his ankle further then they would have to host Arsenal next weekend with either Lonergan or an untried teenager in goal.

That being the case they might figure that the Saints game would be less stressful for a keeper than the visit of the Gunners next weekend.

Whilst I would not exactly say that Saints fans would celebrate an injury to a player, we will take every bit of help that we can get in this one, jet lag, ankle injuries whatever.

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Newdawn2014 added 15:30 - Aug 16 we have to have shots on goal for that to be beneficial , and their defence has to be suspect , so we shall see.
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TimSaint added 15:37 - Aug 16 Shows what a complete an utter Bell Piece Klopp is, when he say the following : Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "There's no doubt about how much we love our fans, there's no doubt about that at all, but if they all could stop doing that - that's the worst example we have so far heard about. "We played against Manchester City and someone ran on the pitch then. "At Norwich, there was someone as well. "I don't know what you can do about it in the stadium but that means there is a lot of responsibility for the supporters as well. If the one person cannot hesitate or stop himself, then the people around should do it because it's not funny. It's crazy. You think 'wow, how can something like this happen?'" Well Mr Klopp, YOU are the catalyst for your ffans actions and you reap what you sow. Remember you antics after that last minute winner v Everton ? You ran onto the pitch and hugged your keeper on the half way line. If you can do this, then obviously the fans think this is ok to do as well !!

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1970 added 15:45 - Aug 16 klopp is a complete tool Adrian will be fit to play he is just gathering even more excuses if they don't win,liverpool have this circus like a soap opera everywhere they go just so there fans can constantly be involved in the brookside that is LFC they are a joke,i cant wait for someone to knock them and there manager off there perch.
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Grauen28 added 17:33 - Aug 16 Klopps team talk on Saturday..... You boys in defence hit it long towards that big lump they have at the back. Mo and Bobby, you two run around in front of him until he falls over. Sadio, run in, nick the ball, put it through the keepers legs and into the bottom corner. Hendo, you and the boys in midfield just run around and look busy. OK ? Got that ? Good. Oh, and FFS no laughing. On the other hand we have been known to come from behind and win....COYS.

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bstokesaint added 05:21 - Aug 17 A “crisis” - “a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.” Think that might be a stretch too far in anyone’s mind for the reigning European champions and PL runners-up. That said the word is quite apt for our defence. I love to see an upset as much as anyone and have predicted a few in my time as a Saints’ fan, but can’t see this being one of them. 0-3 to 0-6 feels like a likely scenario, followed by a “well this was kind of expected, so let’s move on to the next one..” I really hope I’m wrong.

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obelisk added 08:06 - Aug 17 I'm sure that even if Liverpool chose their under 15 reserve 'keeper he'd have the game of his life against Saints. That's assuming our boys actually manage any shots on target of course.
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