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Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace: Key Comments from Jurgen Klopp's Pre-Match Presser

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has dismissed the notion his club's midweek trip to Russia to face Rubin Kazan in the Europa League will give Crystal Palace an advantage in their upcoming Premier League clash, while Philippe Coutinho is likely to start for the Reds.

Klopp and company only landed back in England on Friday, two days before meeting the Eagles, but the German thinks that will only be an advantage for the visitors if the Reds allow it to be, per the club's official Twitter account:

JK: “It [no midweek game] is only an advantage for Crystal Palace if we’re not prepared to fight.