Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has warned his senior strikers their places are on the line.

Klopp has also conceded that his side need “10 chances to score a goal" - and he has challenged the rest of his squad to prove to him they deserve to replace his front three in the Reds' remaining seven matches, as they pursue a top four place.

Asked if he needs to change his forward line or wait for it to fix itself, he said: “Probably both. I think we all agree that with the quality the boys have they will score goals, but in this period where they don't score you have to think do you intervene or just let it go?

“That is the job to do. That is the job to do. I think we all agree on that. If you would have used the chances you could have had a different game is kind of what people told me and I said, yes, that is a little bit like how the season was.

“We had more chances than the opponent. But that is normal. There is only one real chance - you have to carry on, trust yourselves still, you have to be positive and to go for it."

Mo Salah has continued to score goals this season, and he now needs just two more to record 30 for the second time in a campaign in a Liverpool shirt.

But both Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino have hit a worrying dry spell, with the pair scoring just ONE Premier League goal each since the end of December, a period of almost four months.

Klopp added: “It means everybody has a chance to show that he has to play. It is all about showing up, training well, giving your absolute all and make the decision for me as easy or as difficult as possible, however you want to see it, bring me or leave me out.

“That is the job of a player. What we all agreed to. I would be really dumb if I did not use these opportunities - seeing a player who is outstanding in training but I ignore it and play again the same other guys, that is not how it works."