Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian is hopeful of featuring against Southampton despite bizarrely injuring his ankle after an accidental collision with a pitch invader.

Adrian marked his first start for the Reds with the decisive save from Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham in the Super Cup final penalty shootout on Wednesday, but as he celebrated with team-mates, a supporter careered into the Spaniard.

The 32-year-old summer signing is deputising for Alisson Becker, sidelined for a number of weeks because of a calf complaint, and is confident he will be fit to feature at St Mary’s on Saturday afternoon.

Asked whether Lonergan would be ready to step in, Klopp responded: “Yeah. (Caoimhin) Kelleher is now in training as well, so we have them. A decision will be made tomorrow, no chance to make it earlier.”

Klopp, who will definitely be without midfielder Naby Keita against Southampton because of a muscle strain, refused to be drawn on his side’s demanding schedule, with Liverpool back in action three days after their Super Cup exertions in Turkey.

He added: “My plan when I heard about the fixtures was to win on Wednesday, to win on Saturday and to speak about it after that because if you speak about it earlier, it sounds like you’re looking for excuses. I don’t, we don’t, it’s like it is.

“Was it right that we played on Friday and Chelsea on Sunday? No. The other things we cannot change.

“We cannot change these things, we have no power, absolutely nil power. We only have to accept it like it is and that’s what we do.”