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Jurgen Klopp has insisted he will not "rest" players from his Liverpool line-up for the second leg of the Champions League last 16 tie.

With the Reds 5-0 victors after a stunning display in the Stadio do Dragao, a raft of changes are predicted by many, especially given the number of fringe players at Anfield who could do with some playing time.

Klopp admitted after Saturday's excellent 4-1 victory over West Ham that he had no explanation for players like Dejan Lovren , Ragnar Klavan and Dominic Solanke who are missing out on starts or squads because of the competition for places at Anfield.

The second leg against Porto on March 6 would look an obvious opportunity for the likes of Danny Ings , Alberto Moreno and Adam Lallana to get further game time but the Liverpool manager insists he will not be resting anybody.

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Yet he defended Arsene Wenger's decision to play a much-changed team against Swedish outfit Ostersund in the Europa League after winning the first leg 3-0. The Gunners ended up losing the second leg at home 2-1 but still qualified.

Klopp said: "Another week now for Newcastle, then Porto and United in one week. All the people before the Porto game will tell me, ‘Now you can rest him, him and him’.

"Arsenal for example, that’s so unfair. They were through in the tie and had a final on Sunday yet I only hear after the game things like, ‘wow that was embarrassing against a Swedish team’. But they are through in the tie and played a final on Sunday.

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"That’s the situation. We play Man United, we will not rest anybody. We will play a strong side against Porto and a strong side against United."

Of course Klopp's view of changes can be different from everybody else's. He's changed his line-up more than any other Premier League manager and it would be no surprise if we saw some more, even if no-one is officially "rested".