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Jürgen Klopp was relieved.

The Liverpool coach took a deep breath and clenched his fingers into a fist.

After five games without a win in the Premier League and the end of the FA Cup, his team was finally successful again.

Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspurs 3-1 in the catch-up game and returned to the championship.

The Reds are now only four points behind leaders Manchester City.

The win against Tottenham was bought at a high price.

Klopp's expression quickly darkened when he received more bad news.

With Joel Matip, the German coach is missing another central defender, the 29-year-old had to stay injured in the dressing room at half-time.

After the game it was clear that Matip would be out for a long time with a ligament injury in his ankle.

Matip is the third central defender to be out injured.

Klopp run out of players on the defensive.

With superstars Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez, the defenses of the regular women have been missing for weeks.

Van Dijk will return to the pitch in April at the earliest after his cruciate ligament rupture, and Gomez is unlikely to play at all this season due to an injury to his patellar tendon.

Joel Matip (r.) In a duel with Tottenham's Harry Kane.

Liverpool defender had to be replaced injured

Source: Getty Images / Catherine Ivill

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Against Tottenham Klopp did not know what else to do than pull his midfielder Jordan Henderson into the center of the defense in the second half.

He just doesn't have any trained center-backs ready to go.

"Have to find the right player"

If he does not want to rely on young players in the coming, crucial weeks in the league and Champions League, where Liverpool will meet RB Leipzig in the round of 16, the club will have to become active again on the transfer market.

Klopp does not rule out access.

“Everyone can imagine that we naturally think about it.

We thought about it all the time.

But it's about doing the right thing.

I'm not picky, but we have to find the right player, ”said Klopp.

He still has players available, but not so many: “What happens to us on defense with injuries is really unbelievable.

But that's just the way it is. "