Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits Thiago Alcantara could see action against Newcastle United.

Thiago has returned to team training but has not completed enough sessions to satisfy Klopp so will not be pushed into action at Newcastle but instead be given extra time to prove his readiness.

"He has done parts of training so far. On Friday he trained a full session, but the session was a reduced session," said the Reds boss.

"It is not about training one day with the team and then you can play in the Premier League again.

"It looks quite promising at the moment, but I cannot say more about it, I don't know. We will see."

Amid all the noise about their lack of cutting edge against West Brom, the defending champions will still head to Newcastle on Wednesday top of the Premier League by at least two points.

"I want to win more than anything else, but I had a lot to learn already in my life and it doesn't happen all the time. This is completely fine," said Klopp.

"I like winning football games, especially when you deserve to win. To deserve to win (against West Brom) I think we should have done more.

"I'm not angry with them, that just can happen. A defeat is a defeat if you don't learn off it and we will learn off it and play football again.

"I'm not sure if it has something to do with confidence, it's about experience and so far we did it. The boys are a top group.

"They were a top group after winning 7-0 (at Crystal Palace) and they are a top group after drawing against West Brom. That's how it is and that doesn't change.

"If the perspective from outside changes, I can imagine that after this, but I'm not a young manager any more and I can judge these things the right way.

"We are not happy about it, we are the opposite. But it is over, we cannot change that any more, we can just make sure, in exactly the same situation, it does not happen again."