Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists Fabinho hasn't been forgotten.

The 24-year-old was an unused substitute for the season opener against West Ham United but has since failed to make the bench.

After victory at Leicester City, when asked what was wrong with Fabinho, Klopp said: “Nothing. The team is good and he needs time.

“He could have been in the squad, of course, but it's quite difficult to make the squad at the moment because they are all fit.

“It's good to have the situation as one might need a bit of time, or the others are more used to it. That's the only reason.

“But he will come back. And now we have games every three days, and he has made big steps in the last few weeks. He could even play at the moment."

Klopp added: “Hopefully now Fabinho has games with Brazil, and then after he comes back we have games, games, games.

“We have the whole of September a lot of games, only against top teams. We need all of the players, that's good.

“We have come through the period where it looked like we didn't need all of them because we played quite a consistent line-up and the level in training was high. That's all cool. Hopefully they all come back healthy as we have to use them all because of the number of games."