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28th November 2016
11:20pm GMT

"He is a very important part of this team, absolutely, but of course we can deal with it. It’s not the best thing I can imagine, that I dreamt about it and thought it was a good idea that we can show we can play without Phil."While he acknowledged that he would prefer for Coutinho (and fellow injury victims Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge) to be fit, he suggested it is a team effort that has got the club to where they are right now.
"As good as [Coutinho] is, he cannot decide games by himself, even when it looks sometimes like this because he takes the ball, dribbles and shoots," the manager explained. "But then it’s only a goal or whatever, then everybody has to defend so it’s really a team performance that we create."Klopp revealed that Sturridge and Lallana are both close to first-team returns, but neither will be available for the EFL Cup quarter-final against Leeds United on Tuesday. Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live
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