Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists he can get ruthless with his players.

Klopp has made it clear he will not shy away from shaking up a group that critics believe has gone stale.

"Of course I have heard that I am too loyal," said Klopp. "I heard that before and I am not. I am loyal - I think everybody should be loyal - but I am not too loyal.

"It is an intelligent question. At Borussia Dortmund, it was clear when I left (in 2015) - I said something has to change. It is a different situation (here). Either the manager's position changes or a lot of other things change.

"So, as far as I am concerned, what I hear - unless someone tells me (different) - I will not go. So that means maybe there is a point where we have to change other stuff. We will see but that is for the future, like summer or whatever. Not now. I have space and time to think about it.

"We have to play better football now. We cannot play and say: 'Ok, these are the problems but next season we don't have them anymore'. That is a really long time. I cannot promise we will fly tomorrow but what I want to promise is that we really fight and everyone can see it."