Jurgen Klopp believes that Liverpool's elimination from the FA Cup could prove to be a blessing in disguise for their Europa League aspirations this season.

Liverpool were eliminated from the fourth round of the cup following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of West Ham United recently and the early exit from the competition was met with some disappointment from the Anfield faithful.

However, manager Klopp is not too fussed regarding the exit and believes that the lack of fixture congestion due to the elimination could actually help his side in the Europa League.

Ahead of Thursday's Round of 32 first leg with Augsburg, the German boss said: "We haven't been able to pick a consistent team so far for different reasons. If you have a pre-season and no injuries, then you can play a lot of times with a similar if not the same team - the biggest teams in the world are doing this.

"I don't want to compare ourselves with Barcelona but three of these players (Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar) play all of the time. Listen, we played Sunday and we play Thursday, that's a good gap, enough time to recover, no problem. It's nothing.

"We then play Thursday-Thursday, so no problems again. We then have a final (Capital One Cup on the Sunday). Before a final, you don't have to think about anything because you don't need to be recovered. You could play the final on Friday."