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Jurgen Klopp was not concerned with Daniel Sturridge’s demeanour after the striker trudged off following his substitution against Spurs.

But Klopp revealed he was removed because of a tactical change rather than managing his fitness.

The striker made his ninth appearance since coming back from his latest injury lay-off, but is yet to complete 90 minutes.

His 71 minutes at Anfield on Saturday represented his longest involvement yet, but when he was replaced by Divock Origi, he walked off the pitch visibly unhappy with the decision.

Klopp - who Sturridge acknowledged as he came off - is not bothered by his striker’s frustrations.

“I think that’s completely normal, especially with the quality of Daniel Sturridge,” said Klopp.

“He has to think ‘leave me on the pitch and I can decide the game’.

“That’s true, but in this moment we need other help in the game. We needed ways behind the line. We needed Divock’s physical strength so I changed.

“I could have changed Adam Lallana and gone with two strikers. But in my opinion, and only my opinion counts, it didn’t make sense so that’s it.

“I saw that he was not happy because I’m not blind.

“But that’s not a problem because if he came off and (celebrated) something would be really wrong.

“You cannot play football with this confidence when you are like we are. You have to think ‘yes, I’m the best’. I like this – as long as he doesn’t come off the pitch and do something really strange like kicking me from behind.”