As he makes a candid admission about Liverpool’s injury, Jurgen Klopp is afraid of the next message that will arrive on his phone.

Jurgen Klopp says he is dealing with the worst injury crisis of his time as a manager, but he tells his Liverpool players to keep coming up with solutions.

Jurgen Klopp says he is dealing with the worst injury crisis of his time as a manager, but he told his Liverpool players to keep coming up with solutions.

The Reds were missing up to 13 first-team players for their FA Cup fifth-round match against Southampton at Anfield on Wednesday night. Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo both got hurt after Sunday’s Carabao Cup win over Chelsea at Wembley.

Klopp couldn’t pick any of Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Thiago Alcantara, Dominik Szoboszlai, Stefan Bajcetic, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, or Ben Doak to play against Southampton. Instead, he had to go with Gravenberch and Endo.

Because of this, Klopp started six Academy grads in the 3-0 win over the Championship team and then brought in three more from the bench. Two teenagers, Jayden Danns and Lewis Koumas, scored their first goals for the club in that game.

Since then, Klopp has said that Nunez, Endo, and Szoboszlai might be able to return before Saturday’s trip to Nottingham Forest. That being said, the Liverpool boss says he is dealing with the worst injury list of his nearly 25-year career.

Klopp, on the other hand, is not going to use that list of absentees as an excuse as the Premier League leaders try to make their lead four points at the City Ground on Saturday afternoon.

“Yes, it is definitely [the worst] for the amount,” said Klopp. It’s true that we’ve had bad ones in the past, like the center-back disease in 21/22, but the good news is that we’ve all found ways to deal with them.

“But we all know there are a lot of games coming up, including finals, so we should get some players back.” We’ll also get some stars back. But how are we going to get by until then? That’s the next question, and that’s where we are now.

“We have to think about all of that all the time, all day long. I don’t have my phone with me, but I might have some messages that I don’t want to read right now. To be honest, the last time I got a message that I wanted to read was a long time ago.”

“So far, we have found solutions and we have to keep finding them but a super example of that is how you can sort the situation together in the Southampton game together because everyone understand it was a tricky one and we all saw the first half with the chances they had and they hit the post and Caoimh Kelleher saved another big chance.”

Klopp went on to say, “It was one of those days when all of us could have lost it a little—the seniors, the kids, and the crowd as a whole. But what I love most about our fans is how well they understand football.” I really liked it, and that gave this second half a foundation.

“Some parts of the first half got better, but the second half gave us the tools to end the game, which I really appreciated because without that, we have no chance when we play the kids by ourselves.” We must do something unique and work together to make it happen.