VIDEO: Shoring up defence Klopp’s first priority at Liverpool

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has identified defence as his priority but the untimely injury to striker Danny Ings has emphasised how much of a necessity it has become.

The German’s attacking options have been reduced to Daniel Sturridge and the raw Divock Origi, who has not scored in his last 10 matches.

Christian Benteke, the Reds’ £32.5m (€44.1m) summer signing, is still at least a week away from recovering from a hamstring problem and Ings will be sidelined for a minimum of six months after a cruciate knee ligament injury.