Klopp warms up for clash against minnows Antonio Conte, criticises Tottenham's dull play

"It's never a good time to play Tottenham. So reflected Jürgen Klopp, who after beating Napoli in the Champions League, and despite qualifying as group runners-up for the last 16, has improved his mood. Darwin Nunez, the €100m signing, scored one of the goals on the last European night, played a part in Salah's other, and the Liverpool manager took the opportunity to analyse him.

Henderson is available for the Tottenham game, he trained normally, and Milner is out with concussion. On Darwin Nunez: "Darwin is a real threat in finishing situations. He's involved in everything, he's always an option to pass and cross. He was involved in both goals on Tuesday, so he's making great strides."

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The Tottenham game: "It's a very important game for us (on Sunday). I haven't counted the points difference between us, but we can't be picky about the points we get, but it's difficult. They are well organised in defence. On the counter-attack they are huge. You've seen their offensive power. Lately they have been scoring goals in the last minutes, so we are prepared for a confident and strong opponent".

More on Tottenham: "What I can say is that I never once thought before going to Tottenham: 'now is a good time to play Tottenham'. It will be a tough game, but that's what we all want. It's like a Champions League game in the Premier League and that's how we'll approach it." System changes: "Our problems and the reason we changed our system was the availability of the players, but we didn't defend that well either. My main job is to help the guys do what they do as safely as possible. In the last game we defended very well against Napoli. Everybody.

Conte responds to Klopp

The Reds boss also took a shot at Tottenham's style of play, to which the Antonio coach defended himself: “I understood his frustration. They lost the Premier League because of that result and we reached the Champions League.It's OK, every coach has to speak for his team - and for every coach it is important to understand the best strategy to reach a good result. Honestly, I have seen again the game and if there was a team that deserved to win it was Tottenham not Liverpool.”