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Jurgen Klopp insists he won’t prioritise glory in the cups – despite Liverpool’s struggles to mount a top-four challenge in the Premier League.

A draw and two defeats since the turn of the year has left the Reds eight points adrift of the Champions League spots going into Saturday’s clash at lowly Norwich City.

However, hopes of silverware remain alive with Liverpool still competing on four fronts.

The Reds will book a trip to Wembley in the Capital One Cup final if they get past Stoke City on Tuesday night but Klopp says he won’t rest players with one eye on that Anfield showdown.

Adam Lallana is a fitness doubt for the Norwich game, while Philippe Coutinho, Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi, Martin Skrtel, Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez and Danny Ings all remain sidelined.

Klopp said: “How could I prioritise? You know I could not do this, I don’t have the players to do this.

“Should I play with the Exeter team again and then go into the Stoke game and don’t know if it works?

“We have to go through the situation. Maybe Adam is not ready for Saturday, but hopefully then he will be fresh for Tuesday.

“It’s the same with Dejan Lovren. Maybe Saturday is too short for him. Maybe he can train on Sunday and then we could think about what we will do against Stoke.

“The rest? I have to take what I have and make a starting line up, play the game. Both games for us are very important. We lost the last Premier League game.

“We haven’t won the last three or four Premier League games so we should be fully focused on the Norwich game.

“It never works in life where you concentrate on the second step and hope the first step works. Norwich, game No 1, and then we will see.”

Saturday is Liverpool’s first trip to Norwich since April 2014 when their thrilling 3-2 win put them on the brink of Premier League title glory.

They needed just seven points from their remaining three games to be crowned champions but it didn’t happen.

Ten of the 18-man matchday squad on duty that day are either no longer with the club or out on loan.

Klopp admits the departure of talents like Luis Suarez, Raheem Sterling and Steven Gerrard contributed to the slump which led to the change of manager and his appointment in October.

“Of course if you have a team which is nearly champion of the league and two years later they are not here any more, then something went wrong I would say,” he said.

“But it’s life and it’s not my situation or my thing to spend too much time thinking about.

“There are a lot of things different here and at Norwich too.

“I would not be here if all of these players were still here because then it would have been another situation.

“We have to take this team and try to do our best at Norwich. It’s my first time in Norwich and I’m looking forward to it. It’s a nice place, so let’s go there and play football.”

I would like to have six points more - that would be perfect

Three months into his Anfield reign, Klopp’s search for some consistency continues.

With most of his first-team regulars having been rested for the midweek FA Cup replay against Exeter there can be no excuses about fatigue when they lock horns with Alex Neil’s Canaries.

“It’s easy for people to judge but I’m fine,” Klopp added.

“I’ve tried my best, that’s what I’m doing. I knew when I came here that it would be difficult.

“I’ve had a few problems to solve, which three months ago nobody could know we would have.

“Then we play the games. Sometimes it was good and sometimes not as good. We took always the right information from the games and tried to develop.

“After a few days’ training, with fresh minds and fresh legs, we were strong. In my opinion, it was coincidence that it was most of the time against the big teams of the league.

“I know we are on a good way. But I would like to have six points more, closer to the other region of the table, that would be perfect.”