I would risked them against the bitters and rest them tonight but who am I to know details!
But why would you risk an injured player? Surely it's better to rest them, play someone else and have them be available for the coming games rather than risking them and them getting injured so we can't play them for a month?
Long term and with the fixturelist in mind, it was the right call to rest them. Look at the bigger picture rather than a single game in isolation. There's a team of experts, physical coaches, doctors etc. that advise Klopp on the physical condition of the players. Questioning Klopp's line-up (leaving players out on the basis of fitness) is not only questioning his judgement as a manager, it's also questioning the work the backroom staff does with regards to the fitness of the players.
You're a teacher, your voice is to you what their feet / legs are to them. If you feel you're losing your voice, would you rather be allowed to rest a day and come back a day after to teach or would you like them to force you to teach anyway and risk losing your voice for longer than the one day you can't teach?
Also, Sturridge is indeed injured mate.
With regards to the line-up: pretty happy with that. Would've preferred Gomez to be given the start for this one, but with his injury history in mind, making sure he always fully recovers between games is important. No need to overplay him.
Also happy to see Karius in goal. Though I think that's due to Mignolet having picked up a knock when he made that tackle halfway the first half. Looked like it hurt quite a bit. Hopefully the F***ing media doesn't go with:"BREAKING: Mignolet dropped by Klopp!"
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