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Liverpool boss Klopp stands by Henderson ahead of Rangers clash: Just a fact

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has absolutely no hesitation about selecting captain Jordan Henderson at Rangers in the Champions League this week.

The Reds are looking for a distraction from their Premier League woes, where they currently lie in 10th place.

Henderson is the subject of an FA inquiry regarding an altercation with Arsenal's defender Gabriel at the weekend during a 3-2 defeat.

Asked about playing Henderson in midweek during a press conference, Klopp said: "If you sleep on a problem, sometimes you realise life goes on. No, look, it's like this, you watch a game back and I was pretty sure it wasn't a penalty and it's not to open up the discussion again, and talk about [referee] Michael Oliver, not at all. It's just a fact.

"I already said it afterwards and all of you asked me about it and I hadn't seen it back properly. I just stood there and we'd lost the game and I know already, I am pretty sure, that we have three big injuries. How can I, in this moment, not feel downbeat? It's not possible.

"But then you get information [on the injuries] step by step and it's two or three weeks rather than my [fear of] eight weeks. The other [injury] is not too long as well and the other is out for as long as we expected. I get that information."

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