Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson ruled out of clash vs. Arsenal

LIVERPOOL -- Jurgen Klopp has ruled
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson out of
Saturday's game against Arsenal, but did
confirm Dejan Lovren is back in training
ahead of the clash at Anfield.
Henderson missed the 3-1 defeat at
Leicester City on Monday night due to a
bruised foot sustained in training last week,
while Lovren has been forced to sit out
Liverpool's last three games with a
persistent knee injury.
Daniel Sturridge, meanwhile, has been
unable to participate in full training this
week as a result of a hip strain.
Klopp admitted at a news conference on
Friday afternoon he was unsure whether
Lovren would be able to feature in the
evening kick-off, with the centre-back
having been sidelined for over a month.

"For Jordan it will be too soon, for sure," the
Liverpool manager said. "That will take time.

"Dejan, we will see. He [did] part of team
training the day before yesterday, and then
yesterday he was in full team training.

"Now we have to see how he reacts on this.
He will be involved in training again, if
nobody tells me anything different. Then we
have to make a decision.

"It's not the longest, he was out for pretty
much four weeks, [he has been] training for
three days and in the end I have to make a
decision. I am not sure about it [at the
moment]."

Sturridge was forced to return home early
from Liverpool's recent midseason trip to La
Manga, Spain, due to a viral infection.
Klopp said the striker has recovered from
his illness, but suffered another setback
during a rehabilitation session.

"Daniel was ill -- really, really ill. Now he has a
strain in his hip muscle. It happened in the
rehab session," he added.

"It's not the biggest one, it's very small, but
it keeps him out of normal training for
probably another week. In this week he can
train, but not in team training".