Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that goalkeeper Loris Karius will start during his club’s Champions League encounter against Spartak Moscow on Tuesday night.
The German will be looking to use the opportunity to try and convince the Anfield hierarchy that he is worthy of being first choice.
Though Simon Mignolet remains number one for the Reds, the Belgian has often been criticized and should Karius manage to impress, he will seriously be considered for the first choice position.
It also is clearly apparent that Reds boss JurgenKlopp is not totally confident in Mignolet’s ability to lead the team for the long-term. The match will mark Karius’s third start of the season after he also played in games against Arsenal and Sevilla.
Klopp said, “I am not sure if I have to make a decision like this [the club’s ‘Champions League goalkeeper’]. It’s all about performing.
“That shouldn’t be taken as me saying, ‘You are not performing, you’re out of the goal’. Everyone is allowed to make mistakes or whatever, but it’s about performing in training and the games for all of our goalkeepers.
“He will play tomorrow and we will see, but Simon is the No.1 and that’s the situation.”
