Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is looking forward to having Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain back in contention with the midfielder finally recovered from a pre-season knee injury.

And in another boost for his squad goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who has missed the last three matches with a thigh problem, has returned to training and is likely to start against Fulham on Sunday.

But it is the return of Oxlade-Chamberlain which is most pleasing, not only because the player has been out for so long but because it offers Klopp another option in midfield where is currently missing Tiago Alcantara, James Milner and Xherdan Shaqiri.

“When it first came up the idea of VAR I was rather in favour of it because I thought right decisions would be nice.

“I am not sure we all thought it through properly and how long it would take to get a right decision, how much it will take away from a game we loved before.

“A few things aren’t like they were before and it was better before. If you change something I think there should be just improvement and for sure that is not the case.”