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Loris Karius will keep the Liverpool goalkeeping spot for the trip to face Swansea on Saturday.

The young German made his Premier League and Anfield debut on Saturday in place of Simon Mignolet in the 5-1 triumph over Hull and will keep the goalkeeping jersey for the trip to the Liberty Stadium for the weekend’s early kick-off.

Liverpool’s dominance on Saturday gave the former Mainz man little chance to impress after a similar experience against Derby in the EFL Cup in midweek.

But Jurgen Klopp revealed he had already decided that Karius would be given both games before the international break to show what he can do before he makes a decision on who will be given the jersey in the longer term.

The Reds boss appreciates that he needs a number one and rotation of goalkeepers is not an option in the way it would be for other positions on the pitch.

Klopp said: “He (Karius) can play against Swansea again, I already spoke to the goalkeepers, they know it.

"We had a game at Derby, what can I do? He did not have 500 balls, just two or three balls. Against Hull, I’m not sure, not too many balls.

“Of course to understand how a player reacts in situations you need the games. We don’t have the games in the week so we do it on the weekend and then at a specific point we can make a decision because I know the goalkeeper position is different than the centre-half position for example. I know this and I respect this so we’ll see.”

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It was goalkeeping coach John Achterberg who broke the news to Simon Mignolet at Melwood on Friday that 23-year-old Karius would be given his chance but Klopp said the Belgian took his decision in the manner he expected.

“Like Simon is, one of the best professionals we have," said the Reds boss. "Like I said a few times, before the game there is only the decision. After the game if someone wants to talk about it we can talk about it, but before the game nothing else than the game.

“If he wants to talk we can talk, there’s no problem, but it will be not a problem because I know him. We cannot promise line up positions. We can only say we made decisions, use them.”

Dropping Mignolet was seen as harsh in some quarters given his solid start to the season but Klopp seems intent on knowing what options are available to him.