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Jurgen Klopp believes striker Divock Origi is in the perfect shape to help ensure Liverpool maintain momentum at the top end of the Premier League.

The Belgium international is set to make his first league start of the season in Sunday’s clash at Bournemouth.

With Daniel Sturridge hampered by a calf problem, Origi has grasped the chance to fill the void created by Philippe Coutinho’s absence due to ankle ligament damage.

Origi came off the bench to replace the little Brazilian last weekend and broke the deadlock with a curling effort against Sunderland. He then repeated the trick with a close range finish in the midweek EFL Cup win over Leeds at Anfield.

“Timing is really important,” Klopp said.

“You don’t always have influence on timing, but in this case it worked out really well because it was exactly one or two weeks since Div was back in shape and in the race.

“That was lucky, I would say, so he was ready for this specific moment coming in. I think everybody could see the difference between one or two substitutions when he came in a little bit earlier, it was not too easy for him.

“He is still only 21 and he hasn’t had the most match time in the last few months so he had no rhythm actually. But he is always working, never moaning. Sometimes a little more confident, a little less confident, but that’s how it is with all people in all parts of life.

“I was really happy for him having this opportunity and being in the shape to use it.”

Liverpool head for the Vitality Stadium looking to extend their 15-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

Loris Karius, Nathaniel Clyne, Joel Matip, Dejan Lovren, James Milner and Jordan Henderson should all return to the starting line up after being rested in midweek, while Roberto Firmino and Adam Lallana have been passed fit.

The Reds have earned rave reviews for their attacking flair this season but, crucially, they have also tightened up defensively recently with three successive clean sheets.

“We have conceded 14 goals in the league, five of them in the first two games,” Klopp added.

“I was never worried about the defence’s performance, strength or skills. You cannot play football all the time without conceding goals.

“It’s part of the game, you make a mistake and the other team is doing well, so you concede a goal. Of course working longer together helps a lot.

“I know you like to put it on one player – because of him we didn’t concede goals. It would be fantastic if it worked like this because you would always bring in this player all the time and you would never concede a goal anymore.

“But it’s a team game, it’s teamwork and defending together and having together the luck in the right situation.

Bournemouth have a clear style with a good plan

“Sometimes you are unlucky, like Chelsea were when Hendo (Jordan Henderson) scored! It was not down to defending. You only need to fix it so it’s not easy to create chances against you. And when they create chances and outplayed you or whatever, then you need individual quality – centre-half, goalkeeper, whatever. Until then, you have to defend together, close the spaces together and make it as hard as possible for them to come through.”

Liverpool did the double over Bournemouth last season and also knocked them out of the League Cup. Victory on Sunday would see the Reds equal their best ever Premier League points tally of 33 after 14 games but Klopp has plenty of respect for Eddie Howe’s mid-table side.

“There’s no doubt Bournemouth are doing really well,” he said.

“Eddie is doing a fantastic job there. They were unlucky again last week (at Arsenal) and maybe should have had a penalty, could have had a result, for sure, and did well against a strong side.

“It’s a clear style with a good plan. They have a mixture of experienced players and young players - not the biggest names in world football but all of them really decent players.

“They showed quality against Arsenal and were good on the counter attack, defending was okay.

“It’s not the biggest stadium in the world but it has a nice atmosphere and I like stories like this. They are strong and difficult to play against.

“They are cool enough and confident enough to cause each team problems.

"We need to find solutions for these problems.”