With Liverpool’s injury list finally clearing up, Jurgen Klopp will face some increasingly difficult team selections as the season reaches its climax.

But that can only be good news for the Reds’ hopes of ending the campaign with a trophy, according to James Milner.

Joe Gomez stepped up his recovery from a broken leg sustained in December by resuming full training this week, and will soon be joined by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has missed 11 months through a serious knee injury.

Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson also recently boosted numbers by returning from minor complaints, while Trent Alexander-Arnold and Xherdan Shaqiri are expected to do the same imminently.

And for Milner, the extra competition for places and potential for rotation resulting from those returns will help make for a successful end to the season.

“I think it’s important that we have everyone available. That’s why you need a squad when you have these sorts of injuries and stuff,” he told the club’s official website.

“Ox has obviously been out a long time and was playing fantastically well before he got injured, Joe the same. He’s been brilliant when he’s played this season and formed a great partnership with Virgil.

“And all credit to Joel [Matip], coming and stepping in when he’s had his own injury problems - he stepped in straight away like he’d never been away - and obviously Dejan [Lovren] is coming back and things like that.

“So it’s important with the amount of games you’ve got and the intensity of the run-in that we have the squad, and everyone’s going to have a big impact on the end of the season even if they’re not out on the field - just in training keeping that intensity and pushing people for their starting places.

“I think the more difficult it is for the manager to pick a team, the better it is for the team to achieve what we want to achieve.”

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With a number of his teammates absent from Melwood due to international commitments this week, Milner jetted out to Dubai for a short training break.

Asked about his stay in the Middle East, he added: “It’s nice to have that mental break, if you like.

“Obviously I was still doing running and work out there so on the physical side it’s probably not quite as intense as it would be if you were training, but you’re still ticking over and putting the hard work in.

“But I think to get away from the club and get a bit of sun helps and refreshes you for the last few months of the season.”