Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp knows the captaincy meant a lot to Trent Alexander-Arnold last week.

Alexander-Arnold could start his first league game for a month at Fulham on Sunday having completed 90 minutes in the Champions League against FC Midtjylland in midweek. The 22-year-old skippered his hometown club for the first time with Jordan Henderson, James Milner, van Dijk and Gini Wijnaldum absent.

Virgil van Dijk has been missing for Liverpool since he was injured in the 2-2 draw with Everton

"It was only when I told him that I saw that it meant a lot to him,'" said Klopp. "That's cool and it will be his role in the future when other players have finished their careers here.

"He is already preparing to be the face of this club in the future – hopefully along with some others. That's really nice and when I saw how much it meant to him it made me happy. But the decision was a logical one because of the time he's been at the club."