Jurgen Klopp reveals how Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane benefited from Liverpool’s break

Jurgen Klopp has opened up on Premier League break and how it affected Liverpool players, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane particularly. The league games were suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, so the Reds have not played since March 11.  As the competition is set to return on June 20, Jurgen Klopp's side are back to training after a long-term lockdown. Speaking about the players' fitness, Klopp insisted that the squad is in great shape, while some players even profited from the situation. He told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily: "It’s like a summer break, just much longer, because usually the players don’t have that long off. But we were in contact constantly, the boys were busy. The boys who came back here looked great. We did the lactate test, we did tests with them and some of them were better than last summer. It was not the break you want, because it was stressful. Mindset-wise, nobody knew how it would be. That’s not a holiday. We were all worried about the situation. But the body could rest for the first time in ages for some of my players. Jordan Henderson or Sadio Mane, they had two weeks off in the last two summer breaks. From that point of view it’s good, but there are challenges then, of course, after that long period with no football. They did training. They trained pretty much every day, but without football how would it be? That looks really good now, so we have four weeks together, training, three of them with full contact, so that must be enough and it will be enough. After a summer break when you have pre-season, you never know where you stand when the season starts again, so that will be a bit similar like this time. But the more exciting part for the people out there, from the first matchday we all play for absolutely everything. It will be really in the last part of the season, and I hope the people are looking forward to it, because we do."

Source: This Is Anfield

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