Jurgen Klopp is convinced that defender Dejan Lovren will be able to hold his own against Manchester City.

Lovren joined Liverpool from Southampton in a £20million move last season but the defender has failed miserably at justifying the price tag after putting in a host of poor performances.

With Mamadou Sakho currently injured, Liverpool manager Klopp will have to turn to Lovren in central defence for the upcoming clash against City and while the Reds' faithful are worried about the prospect, the German has full faith in the Croatian international's abilities.

Klopp said: "With Dejan, there will be absolutely no problem. These two guys (Skrtel and Lovren) are healthy and everything is good. Dejan has done a really good job since I've come in here.

"I saw his first game for Liverpool - it was against Dortmund when we lost by four. He was brilliant on this day. I'd heard not the best things about him since but during my time here he's looked strong and everything is okay.

"As long as these two guys are feeling good we don't have a big problem. Mamadou is not 20 weeks out, it will be earlier than that so that's good for us too."