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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool can overcome the devastating loss of striker Danny Ings as they prepare for Saturday’s Premier League clash at Tottenham.

The new Reds boss has been rocked by season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injuries to both Ings and young defender Joe Gomez ahead of his first game in charge.

Ings was hurt during a training session at Melwood on Wednesday - just two days after making his England debut against Lithuania.

The former Burnley frontman will be out for six to nine months and with Christian Benteke still unavailable, Klopp will head for the capital with just two fit strikers in Daniel Sturridge and Divock Origi.

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Roberto Firmino can also play in a central attacking role but the Brazilian won’t feature at White Hart Lane as he prepares to return to full training next week following a back problem.

Ings’ absence cranks up the pressure on Sturridge, who has only made three appearances since his comeback after five months out following hip surgery.

However, Klopp insists Liverpool can cope and he’s ready to put his faith in Origi, who has struggled to shine since his £10million arrival from Lille. The 20-year-old Belgium international has played just 17 minutes of league football this season.

Asked about the burden on Sturridge to deliver, Klopp said: “We have Origi – do you know him?

“I learned first, you do not think about the players who are not available at this moment because there is no chance to get lucky if you do this all of the time.

“In the case of Benteke and Firmino, they are back on the pitch but not team training. I hope next week they will be in normal team training.

“Firmino could play in the striker position but we have to see if he should. In this moment – for the next game – we have Daniel for the position and we have Origi.

“Two strikers, I don’t need more. When you start if you have more it’s perfect. But you have to think how you can react. “When Christian is fit then he is an option, for sure but at this moment he isn’t.”

Ings walked off the training pitch on Wednesday and was unaware of the extent of the damage to his knee until the results of a scan on Thursday morning.

Gomez had received similarly devastating news 24 hours earlier after he suffered the same injury playing for England Under-21s against Kazakhstan at Coventry City.

The 18-year-old defender had made a big impression at Anfield since his summer move from Charlton Athletic for an initial fee of £3.5million.

Klopp admits losing Gomez is tough to take but he insists the teenager’s future at Liverpool remains bright.

“I met Joe Gomez for the first time and what a wonderful young boy, tall and muscles in the right positions, everything is fine but his injured knee,” he said.

“It’s an ACL and now we have to make a further diagnosis and we will see when he gets operated on.

“After that, he can count the days he is back. It was not the best day in his life but I’m pretty good in waiting for players, young players especially. This is his home and we will do anything to make sure he comes back as soon as possible.”

With Ings and Gomez joining Jordan Henderson, Jon Flanagan, Benteke and Firmino on the list of absentees, preparations have been far from ideal for the trip to Spurs.

The full squad only reconvened at Anfield on Wednesday following international duties but Klopp says he has relished being back on the training ground and getting to know the players he’s inherited - four months after walking away from Borussia Dortmund to take a sabbatical.

“I’ve had a really good time in these four months. The holidays were the best of my life because they were the longest of my life,” he added.

“The best moment in this week until now was the first moment when I was back on the pitch. I have to cool down myself a little bit by not giving them too much information because they had no holidays.

“To bring them together is one of the challenges I have for this moment but yeah, I feel good.

“The sport side of things is until now, perfect. Okay, the injuries are not good but we cannot change that. The rest is good.

“The staff, all the people working here are very kind and very nice people. They all want to help us. They have a big heart for LFC. It feels good to work here.”