Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is waiting to discover the fitness of his South American contingent after their World Cup qualifiers ahead of Premier League trip to Wolves
six results - three draws, three defeats - also have one other aspect in common. They were all 12.30pm kick-offs, Jurgen Klopp's least favourite time for a Premier League match.
The loss at City also saw another Klopp gripe of being an early game after an international break
Liverpool's early kick-off woes last season are all the more curious given that, in the previous campaign, they won all five such fixtures without conceding a goal.
But the greater concern for Klopp this time around is the international commitments of much of his squad, some of whom are likely to arrive back on Merseyside barely two days before kick-off at Molineux
Klopp:
"The boys fly now all over the world now, which is horrible,"
"Pretty much 48 hours after our South Americans play somewhere on the other end of the world, we will play against Wolverhampton Wanderers. That will be a tough one so we have to make sure that we are ready and we will give it a go."
Diaz has the longest trip back to Merseyside of around 7,200 miles. Alisson will travel 6,250 miles while Mac Allister has only a handful of miles fewer. Nunez has the comparatively short distance of 5,600 miles with which to contend.
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