Team news is in
Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Klavan, Robertson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Can, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Coutinho. Subs: Karius, Lovren, Milner, Gomez, Mane, Lallana, Solanke.
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Fer, Roque, Carroll, Routledge, Ayew, McBurnie. Subs: van der Hoorn, Abraham, Dyer, Nordfeldt, Clucas, Rangel, Sanches.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
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Jurgen Klopp has insisted he builds a "defending approach" to his tactics as Liverpool manager.
The Anfield boss launched a staunch defence of his side's rearguard set-up in the wake of leaking three goals in five minutes to slip to a 3-3 draw at Arsenal on Friday.
Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool into a 2-0 lead at the Emirates Stadium, only for Alexis Sanchez, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil all to strike in five minutes and blast Arsenal into an unlikely lead.
Roberto Firmino's goal salvaged a point for the visitors, but Klopp was still left to bat away questions about his side's open, attacking game-plan.
"We have an absolutely defending approach," Klopp said. "We played 4-5-1 and everyone has a responsibility to defend. We can line up quite offensively, player-wise.
"But there's nobody on the pitch who is not involved in defending.
"That they will cross, that they will shoot, it happens in a football game.
"I want to defend first of all; that's the basis for everything.
"But the best thing is to defend with 10 offensive players, because then when you have the ball, it's much more likely that you will score."
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp refused to lay any blame at Simon Mignolet's door after the Belgium goalkeeper's mistake gifted Arsenal their second goal, from Xhaka's regulation strike.
"We don't talk about that now," Klopp said on whether Loris Karius would replace Mignolet for the Boxing Day clash with Swansea at Anfield.
"Everyone saw the mistake. It's quite difficult to judge because it will definitely never happen again.
"He's never conceded a goal like that, so you don't have to make a big thing of it."
PA
Team news is in
Liverpool: Mignolet, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Klavan, Robertson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Can, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Coutinho. Subs: Karius, Lovren, Milner, Gomez, Mane, Lallana, Solanke.
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Fer, Roque, Carroll, Routledge, Ayew, McBurnie. Subs: van der Hoorn, Abraham, Dyer, Nordfeldt, Clucas, Rangel, Sanches.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
Match preview
Jurgen Klopp has insisted he builds a "defending approach" to his tactics as Liverpool manager.
The Anfield boss launched a staunch defence of his side's rearguard set-up in the wake of leaking three goals in five minutes to slip to a 3-3 draw at Arsenal on Friday.
Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah fired Liverpool into a 2-0 lead at the Emirates Stadium, only for Alexis Sanchez, Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil all to strike in five minutes and blast Arsenal into an unlikely lead.
Roberto Firmino's goal salvaged a point for the visitors, but Klopp was still left to bat away questions about his side's open, attacking game-plan.
"We have an absolutely defending approach," Klopp said. "We played 4-5-1 and everyone has a responsibility to defend. We can line up quite offensively, player-wise.
"But there's nobody on the pitch who is not involved in defending.
"That they will cross, that they will shoot, it happens in a football game.
"I want to defend first of all; that's the basis for everything.
"But the best thing is to defend with 10 offensive players, because then when you have the ball, it's much more likely that you will score."
Former Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp refused to lay any blame at Simon Mignolet's door after the Belgium goalkeeper's mistake gifted Arsenal their second goal, from Xhaka's regulation strike.
"We don't talk about that now," Klopp said on whether Loris Karius would replace Mignolet for the Boxing Day clash with Swansea at Anfield.
"Everyone saw the mistake. It's quite difficult to judge because it will definitely never happen again.
"He's never conceded a goal like that, so you don't have to make a big thing of it."
PA