The Liverpool boss will also be delighted to see several of his midfielders returning from injury and international duty too.
It’s undoubtedly been the most hard-hit area of the team in 2021/22, with the squad’s top four most frequently absent players all stationed there. Harvey Elliott has so far missed 30 matches, Thiago Alcântara has been unavailable for 18, Curtis Jones for 15 and Naby Keita has been out for 14 games.
It’s the return of Thiago which will likely be most welcomed by Klopp thanks to his fabulous record when playing with Fabinho.
When that duo has started in midfield together, Liverpool have won 15 and drawn one of the 16 matches in question, even though only six of them took place at Anfield. The Reds have scored 41 goals, conceded just six (while keeping 12 clean sheets) and looked largely unstoppable.
The interesting thing is that six different players have featured alongside them, and Thiago has played eight games on each side of Fabinho. Last season he was mostly on the right while Gini Wijnaldum was usually on the left, this term he has switched sides while Jordan Henderson has been on the right most often.