Jurgen Klopp has hailed Liverpool’s squad is the strongest of his reign.
Klopp’s side face Leicester City on Thursday while still remaining in the hunt for the Premier League, Carabao Cup, FA Cup and the Champions League.
Despite Sadio Mane being a late returnee following Senegal’s Africa Cup of Nations success, the Reds welcome the Foxes with a near full-strength squad.
And Klopp is buoyed by the embarrassment of riches currently at his disposal, claiming it is the best during his six-and-a-half years in the Anfield hot seat.
He said: “It’s the first time in my life (being in four competitions) because in Germany we have only two competitions, plus the Champions League.
“It’s the strongest squad of course, there’s no doubt about that. It would be a real shame if it woudn’t be the case because then we would’ve become weaker over the years.
“We always had a strong squad and that we didn’t make it that far in [all] four competitions. There were a bunch of reasons because timing in life and football is important.
“When you come through a brilliant December, for example, on three wheels and then it gets a bit bumpy in January when the cup competitions start properly.
“That was the problems we had [before] so in this moment, we know we have a really good squad.
“But we know that other teams have really good squads as well.
“Again, it’s not important who you have available in the long-term [which is] very important. In the short-term not so much.
“It’s much more important how the available players perform and that’s what we have to think about because in the end, whoever is available – and we can still only line up 11 and change three, the size of the squad does not have such of an impact.
“But in the mid or long-term it has a massive impact and hopefully we can really use that because 12 games in that period means we play every three days and that’s tough.
“The more quality and experienced players you have available, the biggest chance you have to win the games if we perform the way we have to.”
The Liverpool manager has also urged Joe Gomez to remain patient as he endures a frustrating lack of game time following his return from injury.
Since starting against the Foxes in December’s Carabao Cup quarter-final, the centre-back’s last two appearances amount to barely 15 combined minutes.
“It’s really unlucky for Joe, absolutely,” added the Liverpool manager.
“When he played for us he consistently played on an incredibly high level – one of the best centre-halves in England for sure.
“But then the big injury came, little injuries came on top of that, Covid came on top of that. The timing was really bad.
“He would have definitely played against Cardiff.
“It would have helped him to gain some rhythm and momentum. He couldn’t play because of Covid and these kind of things so it’s tough.
“The only thing I can say is there are tougher things than being a squad player in the moment for Liverpool.
“There are much harder things out there in the world and the only answer in football is you have to fight through these moments so you are ready for the moment when the situation changes.
“That’s it.”