Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will miss Monday’s clash with Arsenal as he has not fully recovered from the knock which forced him off at half-time of Sunday’s win at Chelsea.

The absence of the England midfielder increases the chance of Jurgen Klopp handing a first start for new signing Thiago Alcantara, who was Henderson’s replacement at Stamford Bridge.

“We will see, we will see. We have a few days to train, some boys have to recover from last night (the 7-2 Carabao Cup win over Lincoln, so we will see how we set up against Arsenal,” said Reds boss Klopp when asked about the Spain international’s ability to start after only 45 minutes game time.

“It should not surprise you transfers or these kind of things we don’t really speak about,” he said.

“He was not in the squad you can make of it what you want.

“There is nothing to say about it otherwise we would have to speak about it constantly.”