Jürgen Klopp today delivered a positive update on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s rehabilitation from a long-term knee injury.
The midfielder has begun running outside on the Melwood training pitches, taking the next step on his long road back to full fitness.
And while Oxlade-Chamberlain is still some way off being considered for a return to action, Klopp is delighted by the latest development in his recuperation programme.
“[It’s the] best news, best news,” the manager told his pre-Arsenal press conference at Melwood on Friday. “He started going on the pitch and from the first step he did it looked completely normal, not like sometimes when a player is coming back from an injury and he starts running and then you see them still, not really limping, but it’s not the picture you have in your mind.