Jordan Henderson has returned to training after illness to bolster Liverpool’s options before Sunday’s potentially pivotal Premier League game with Manchester City.

The Liverpool captain missed Tuesday’s Champions League victory over Genk after being sent home by the club’s medical staff at the game, but his availability will be welcomed by his manager, Jürgen Klopp. Henderson would be expected to start in Klopp’s first-choice line-up.

Liverpool have a six-point lead over second-placed City going into the game, which has been given an extra edge by Pep Guardiola’s comments that Liverpool, and Sadio Mané in particular, are divers.

Mané was booked for simulation in Liverpool’s victory over Aston Villa last weekend. “How many players of ours have had a yellow card for diving?” Georginio Wijnaldum, his