#PLStories – #JurgenKlopp does not want to disturb partnership of #NatPhillips and #OzanKabak #LFC

Jurgen Klopp has hinted that Liverpool will persist with a rookie defensive pairing against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday. Liverpool have lost six of their last seven games in the Premier League and arrive at Molineux desperately in need of three points to boost their top four hopes. Klopp's team have struggled to deal with injuries to key defenders, with Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip all currently sidelined. While the trio are making progress, Klopp doesn't expect any of his three first choice centre-backs to play before next season. Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will auto-play soon8Cancel "We all hope they will be ready to start pre-season with us, that's what we all hope," Klopp said at his pre-Wolves press conference. "With Joel it is pretty much the same. "These are really serious injuries and it is now not about talking about which competition they play. "As far as I know – and I am always open for positive surprises and they all of a sudden turn up in team training but no-one told me that. "The two of them (Van Dijk and Gomez) look better than Joel as he is still in what looks like ski boots. Joe is not running. Virgil is already running but this is a real tough one. "We will be completely over the moon when they are ready to train with us for the start of pre-season but the Euros I didn't think about it." Read More Related Articles Read More Related Articles Klopp has used various partnerships at centre-back this season but he appears to have settled on Nat Phillips and Ozan Kabak for the time being. The pair started Liverpool's 2-0 Champions League win over RB Leipzig last week and Klopp has all but confirmed they will play at Molineux. The Reds boss said: "It looked really good. If they are physically ready to go again then why should we change it? That's clear. "You want to have consistency and we never had it [this season]. Hopefully they can play a lot of games, if not all of the rest." Wolves transfer news, rumours and analysis free to your inbox There's a quick and easy way to stay on top of all the Wolverhampton Wanderers news with our daily newsletter. Delivered straight into your email inbox each day, the bulletins will feature the latest Wolves transfer news, views, gossip and opinion from our man Alex Dicken. How do I sign up? All you have to do is punch your email in at the top of the article - or sign up here. And what's more, it's absolutely free! You can also get all the latest updates by following us on Facebook and Twitter. We also have a free app which you can download. It is always up-to-date with the latest news from across the region. Google Play Store and App Store In other injury news for Liverpool, Klopp is hopeful that Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino - who scored the winner at Molineux last season - will be able to return from a knee injury to face Wolves. "Bobby was not with us and couldn't play. But now we have had a few more days. "We have the medical meeting actually after the press conference - sorry! They will give me more information about that. We will see. Two more days. Hopefully." Read More Related Articles Read More Related Articles