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Virgil van Dijk has travelled with the Liverpool squad to London - but he remains a doubt for Saturday's Premier League clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The Dutch defender has been hampered by bruised ribs since being forced off in last weekend's victory over Southampton.

With Van Dijk still in discomfort, he didn't play a full part in training at Melwood on Friday afternoon as he worked away from the main squad.

"Focussed and looking forward to another big game tomorrow against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge," the £75million centre-back later posted on Instagram.

The fact that Van Dijk has travelled to the capital is a boost but a decision won't be taken on his involvement until Saturday morning.

If he misses out then Jurgen Klopp must choose between Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip to partner Joe Gomez.

Lovren made his first appearance of the season in the midweek Carabao Cup defeat to Chelsea, while Matip has only made two starts since March.

“With Virgil we have to wait,” said Klopp. “He hasn't trained so far with the team but I can't say any more about that.

“Virgil is a world class player, there's no doubt about that. And if you miss a world class player, it's always not cool. If Virgil is fit and can play, then he will play. But if not, then obviously we have options and that's really good.

"We could play football before Virgil van Dijk and we can play football without Virgil van Dijk, thank God. But I prefer he is fit and available and I can make decisions over whether he needs a rest in one of the other games."