Jurgen Klopp has explained why he didn’t make any changes to his attack during Liverpool’s disappointing Merseyside derby defeat to Everton.

Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez were both recalled to the starting XI against the Blues but missed a number of opportunities as the pair’s recent lack of form continued.

Their absence meant 18-year-old Jayden Danns was handed a place on the bench.

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But Klopp, who refused to use fatigue or his side’s injury woes this season as an excuse, conceded it was not the right game to introduce the teenager in, even though the Reds were struggling in front of goal.

“Players who played all the games aren’t fresh but for other teams it is the same,” the Liverpool boss said.

Gabriel and Saliba I think played all the games for Arsenal.

I don’t even know, but they played a lot of games as well.

I know that but in that physical game I didn’t want to.

We didn’t know that we had to bring him in because the two situations.

“With Diogo, we only learned two days ago and Cody actually really only today.
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