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Jurgen Klopp has dismissed Antonio Conte’s complaints about the scheduling of Saturday’s Premier League clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.

The Italian coach believes the Reds have an unfair advantage because they had an extra day to recover from their Champions League commitments in midweek.

Chelsea, who beat Qarabag 4-0, only returned to London from Azerbaijan at 5am on Thursday - but Klopp says that will have no impact on the contest at Anfield.

The Reds boss reminded Conte about how the festive fixtures have benefited his side. Last year, Liverpool had to play on December 30 and again two days later, while Chelsea had an extra two days of rest.

This Christmas, it’s a similar story. Liverpool entertain Leicester on December 30 and travel to Burnley on January 1. After facing Stoke on December, Chelsea don’t play again until they take on Arsenal on January 3.

“I really get what Antonio is talking about, I heard about it, but maybe he forgot that they had the best Christmas schedule last year,” Klopp said.

“Everyone played every two days and they had about 12 days to play three games. They have the same situation this year and I don’t know how the Premier League will explain this.

“Now they have one day less. I really think recovery for a team is very important and he is right, it is difficult.

"But it will not have influence on this game. Maybe on the next one, that is possible.

“They are already back, they flew back to London and they have two days to recover and that is a normal situation. Three days (between games) is never a problem, two days is a big problem but obviously nobody wants to hear that.”