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Jürgen Klopp explains team selection at Man City

Jürgen Klopp has explained why he’s opted to name an unchanged team for this evening’s clash with Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

The newly-crowned champions will deploy the same starting XI that so impressively defeated Crystal Palace on home soil eight days ago.

“Eight days, no need for massive changes,” Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com’s Match Centre. “We could have changed, but for this specific game now, against City you need pretty much the most experienced team.

“For all the different things City ask for in a game, you need to play rather from your belly than your brain, let me say it like this – that you really do it right instinctively.