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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has received a double fitness boost ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Manchester City

Both James Milner and Jordon Ibe, who have been nursing injuries, are set to be available having come through a full training session at Melwood on Monday afternoon.

Milner missed the Reds’ defeat to Crystal Palace earlier this month with a hamstring problem, which forced him to miss England’s international friendlies with Spain and France.

Ibe, meanwhile, injured a knee in the dying stages of the Palace game, and later withdrew from England’s U21 squad as a result.

Both players were assessed by medical staff during Monday’s full group training session, and will be carefully monitored throughout the rest of the week. Assuming there are no complications, however, both will be in contention for the trip to the Etihad on Saturday afternoon.

The news will come as a significant boost to Reds boss Jurgen Klopp, who is already without a number of first-teamers.

Mamadou Sakho, Danny Ings, and Joe Gomez are all long-term absentees, while Jordan Henderson, Daniel Sturridge, Jon Flanagan and Jordan Rossiter are all yet to return to full training.

Klopp will also hope a clutch of players – Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana, Martin Skrtel, Joe Allen, Christian Benteke and Simon Mignolet – report back from international duty in good health later this week.