Jürgen Klopp has hinted that Loris Karius will retain his place in goal for Liverpool’s Champions League tie against Porto tomorrow.

The Liverpool manager used the group stage to give the German goalkeeper game time while Simon Mignolet played in the Premier League. However, Karius has usurped Mignolet as the first choice and kept a clean sheet in the 2-0 victory over Southampton in the Premier League on Sunday. He made important saves from Cédric Soares and James Ward-Prowse.

Mignolet would face the Portuguese side in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie tonight if the template of the first half of the season were still being followed, but Klopp suggested a change of plan. “I have not made the final decision, but it is