Jurgen Klopp has refused to place a timescale on Virgil van Dijk’s return.
Van Dijk faces several months on the sidelines with an ACL injury sustained in a challenge by Jordan Pickford during last weekend’s Merseyside derby.
The Liverpool defender will undergo knee surgery which is expected to see him sidelined for the remainder of the Premier League champions’ campaign.
But Klopp remains cautious about setting an estimated comeback for Van Dijk despite the Reds being limited to just two senior centre-backs in his absence.
He said: “I can understand people are interested in that.
“Virgil was here, he’s okay, but about when the surgery will happen and stuff like this, I don’t think it makes sense that we give pretty much a time schedule every day.
“But it will be fine and will happen in an appropriate time. So, that’s it pretty much. He is as good as possible.
“We don’t even want to know it, to be honest. It will take time, that’s clear.
“In the end, it’s really like this: all people are different and so we should not limit that by saying ‘for him it was that long, for him it was that long’.
“I think it makes sense from a specific moment in the recovery, in the rehab time, that it becomes individual because then everybody copes differently with it and each body.
“That’s why no need for [a timeframe].”