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Steven Gerrard was all smiles as he enjoyed his first Liverpool training session under Jurgen Klopp.

The Melwood pitches were lashed in wind and rain – a far cry from the legendary club captain’s new home in California – but the midfielder wasn’t letting that spoil his return to the club he served with such distinction.

After a chat with Klopp, the midfielder led the warm-up lap alongside Lucas Leiva , now the club’s longest serving player after Gerrard’s departure in the summer.

There appeared to be other good news for Liverpool with Philippe Coutinho – who has missed the last two games with a minor hamstring strain – training with the squad and seemingly on schedule for a return against Southampton in the Capital One cup quarter final on Wednesday. Jon Flanagan was also out on the grass as the club continues to take a slow but steady approach to his return from long-term knee injury.

Daniel Sturridge , who returned from eight weeks’ out with a 20 minute cameo against Swansea, enjoyed a chat with Gerrard as they trained, with the striker seemingly feeling no ill effects from his recent foot injury though there was no sign of fellow returnee Jordan Henderson.