‘Headache’… Michail Antonio says Jurgen Klopp now has a ‘problem’ emerging at Liverpool

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Liverpool are looking good right across the board this season. Now into another cup final, things could hardly be better for Jurgen Klopp.

But according to West Ham United forward Michail Antonio, things may actually be a little too good where Liverpool’s attacking options are concerned.

Speaking as a pundit for Sky Sports during the Reds Carabao Cup clash with Fulham last night, Antonio said that Klopp will be having trouble picking between all his options.

Asked who the Liverpool manager will be thinking of playing in the front three positions for next month’s final vs Chelsea, the West Ham man said it would be a tough choice.

“It could be Jota. Jota gets goals,” Antonio mused. “To be honest he [Klopp] has a very good problem because he has Jota, Nunez, Gakpo and Salah but Salah is already in there.

“So he has three people to take the other two [positions]. It is a very good problem to have but it is a headache.”

Klopp facing attacking headache

Antonio is actually wrong here. In reality Klopp has four players to fill two positions, not three. The 33-year-old fails to even mention Luis Diaz as an option.

Given that Diaz had just put in a Man of the Match display in-front of him, that’s a little strange.

Nevertheless, the general point Antonio is making is correct. His views on Liverpool have been pretty debatable at times this season, but we’ll give him that.

Obviously, the elephant in the room is that no one knows quite yet whether Mohamed Salah will be fit for February the 25th. If he is, then he plays, no question.

But if Salah fails to recover from his current fitness problem, then Klopp is going to have an even bigger decision to make.

From our point of view, Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez are the two men in the best form. As things stand, our ideal three would be Salah, Jota, Nunez.

Cody Gakpo has been excellent throughout the Carabao campaign though, and therefore perhaps deserves to start the final.

Part of the reason this is a problem for Klopp though, is that all five are top options. All five also give you something different. That’s undoubtedly part of the reason Liverpool find themselves in the position they do this season. Someone’s going to be disappointed, though. A real headache indeed.