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Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp questioned the early start for his side's match against Swansea at the weekend - and vowed to challenge future kick-off times.

The Reds boss and his team travel to Wales to play at 12pm on Sunday - less than 72 hours after their Europa League defeat against Villarreal.

The squad flew back from Spain in the early hours of Friday morning.

Quizzed about his plans for Swansea, Klopp said: "We have to respect the intensity of the last game and think about the line up for Sunday - 12pm, I can't believe.

"It's my first time [playing in the Premier League] at 12pm. It is really interesting to see who makes these decisions. But we can't change it obviously, so we have to play then.

"We could have started at 2pm or 4pm, so four hours more - that sounds absolutely okay. We have to travel to Cardiff and drive an hour to Swansea. If somebody wants to make our way a little bit harder - no problem, we are ready!

"Maybe it was my fault. I have no idea whether I could jump in or not. It's not an excuse for anything, I only wanted to say it's funny. But it's not really funny.

"I don't want to make headlines. I don't want to come from Germany and tell people how it should work.

"If there is an opportunity for me to fight for something like this, then you can be sure I'll do it. But now it's too late. 12pm - good time.

"At 12pm I'm usually hungry. If my players are hungry tomorrow too then it's good for the game. Hungry for success.

"It is Sunday - all English people will have lunch, we'll play football."

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He added: "If you think now about next Thursday you have no chance on Sunday. That's how it is and we'll always respect the Premier League.

"We need to have a look at the players from yesterday. We came home at half three so I'm pretty sure nobody slept.

"It's pretty intensive. I'll see them in one or two hours and make decisions about our line up."

Asked whether he is starting to think about goal difference and how that could play a part in Liverpool's finishing position, he was quite emphatic.

"Before I think about who can play and who will play [against Swansea]? No," said Klopp.

"We have to make a line up and think about how we can take one point, how we can take three points. Then we can think about what happens with the goal situation!

"We know how intensive the game will be. We have to think about this - not the result or goal difference."

Klopp said Danny Ings' recovery is looking "really good" and hinted there is a chance of seeing him in action before the end of the campaign.

The boss declined to comment on the tribunal fee , but said: "I'm not a specialist and I can't say anything about the amount of money.

"We respect the decision and for me as a manager it's more important that the player is hopefully close to being available. There are a few games to play. We'll see what happens."