Following comments by critics that Liverpool are rushing Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez back to action after their injury, Jurgen Klopp has come out to address the saga.
"I want to make it really clear, we push nothing. We just don't," Klopp said to Liverpoolfc.com when asked about Van Dijk and Gomez.
"We wait a little bit, the players come, we have now with Dr Andreas Schlumberger a real specialist who is in constant talks and always observing everything.
"We know exactly how they feel – how they really feel and not what they tell us because they obviously are desperate to play again.
"It looks good, this morning [it was a] normal training session. Sometimes in moments we swap Virgil and Joe a little bit so maybe the intensity doesn't get too high, but in general, it looks really good.
Asked about if the centre-back duo will feature in the game against Bologna Klopp said: I don't know but there will be some minutes for sure.
Van Dijk played his first Liverpool game in nearly 300days in the Reds 4-3 defeat to Hertha Berlin.
Gomez also played a part in the game after coming on as a sub.
Both players endured harrowing injuries during the 2020/21 campaign.
