Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists he won't let the emotion of facing Everton in the FA Cup to dictate his team selection.

Klopp insisted there will be no emotion - just plain old sports science - in his team selection for a game he accepts is one of football's great occasions.

“No, I won't change my selection because it is Everton - that would not be sensible and I have to be," he said.

“In the moment when I start getting emotional – and it is not during the game – then all of us at Liverpool have a problem.

“Look, we will make it the occasion it should be. We will have a line-up. But I cannot make a difference that it is Everton or it is another team, that is what I cannot do.

“I cannot say we throw everything at it even if some players are limping, that is not what I say. There are no more important or less important games, I just have to make a decision right for this moment by respecting a game from two days ago and five days ago and a week ago."

He added: “People have told me already a couple of times I wouldn't respect the cup competitions but that is not true. But my first job is to respect the players, my absolutely number one job.

“I see them every day, every second, I see them all the time and I have to make a decision is it allowed to bring them again or not. Sports science and sports medicine is a good place but they cannot do miracles and we cannot have 30-40 player squads, that's not possible."