Salah, Van Dijk and Mane train with Liverpool ahead of Porto clash - in pictures

Reds manager Klopp has decisions to make on team with top spot already secured in Champions League Group B

Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah smiles as he takes part in a training session at the Axa training centre in Kirkby, north of Liverpool in north-west England on November 23, 2021, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League, Group B football match against Porto. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk training ahead of their Champions League match against Atletico. Reuters

Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson at the AXA Training Centre on Tuesday, November 23. Reuters

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson, centre, training with teammates. Reuters

Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah at training. PA

Liverpool's Thiago Alcantara during training session. PA

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during training. Reuters

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, left. Reuters

Liverpool attacker Mohamed Salah. PA

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk, centre, during training. PA

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, left. Reuters

Liverpool midfielder Fabinho during training. AFP

Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson. PA

Liverpool attacker Sadio Mane. PA

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah during training. Reuters

Liverpool's James Milner during training. Reuters

Liverpool's Jordan Henderson at training. AFP

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk. PA

Liverpool midfielder Takumi Minamino during training. AFP

Liverpool's's Diogo Jota, right, during training. Reuters

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he will still be naming a strong Liverpool side for the Champions League game against Porto, despite his team having already secured top spot in Group B.

Liverpool qualified with two matches to spare by beating Atletico Madrid in their last group game and are about to enter a relentless playing schedule of 12 games in 40 days in all competitions.

But Klopp insists he cannot make wholesale changes as it upsets the “rhythm” of his team. “We cannot play football games with this line-up, then next game a line-up which has no chance to win a game, then bring them back again,” Klopp said.

“Players need rhythm, all these kinds of things. Do I make the decision because I don’t care who gets injured in the line-up tomorrow? No. I can’t and I will not. These things happen in football. Hopefully nothing happens tomorrow.”

Jurgen Klopp has said that Jordan Henderson and Andy Robertson — who both trained with the squad on Tuesday, are “ready to play” if called upon, but also said no risks will be taken.

“We always respect the competition but we have to think about ourselves and our schedule and the situation of our players first,” added the German.

“In this time of the season, the medical department has a big hand in line-ups. But we have to line up a team who has a chance to win a football game.”

Porto are in second place in the group, a point before Atletico Madrid and four before AC Milan.