Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says Kostas Tsimikas was unlucky not to start in victory at Newcastle.

Klopp explained keeping the fullback out of his XI.

He said, "Look, it's my job to make decisions, I don't have to do a lot of other things. For example, Kostas Tsimikas would've deserved to play and Robbo would have had a break as well, but when you change one full-back and a centre-half and there are three changes in the last line, what I think then is, 'No, don't do that, let's do it like this.'

"The decisions are not that difficult because the boys are all in a good shape, really all in a good shape. We had Divock Origi with a little bit of vomiting and stuff like this, stomach problems. We had that before with Curtis and Kostas, so we have to be careful to make sure it's not really going around.

"That's why he was not involved. It's hard in the moments for the players not to play, but the with the quality the boys offer it is not that difficult for me."