manager Jurgen Klopp's training regime is not to
blame for the spate of hamstring problems that
has brought injuries to crisis levels at Anfield.
Playmaker Philippe Coutinho and defender Dejan
Lovren both succumbed to hamstring issues in
the 1-0 Capital One Cup semifinal win at Stoke on
Tuesday.
Klopp now has a total of 11 first-team players
unavailable -- including six either with or
recovering from hamstring injuries -- and the
German has said that is likely to force him into
the transfer market.
He currently only has one fit centre-back in Kolo
Toure, who gave his manager a scare with a late
bout of cramp at the Britannia Stadium.
There has been much conjecture about whether
the introduction of Klopp's gegenpressing style
has led to the injuries -- former Liverpool
midfielder Graeme Souness said it was time for
the manager to consider modifying training -- but
Lallana rejected that idea.
The England international said: "We have had a
change of manager this season. When that
happens, lads look to impress more and give
more.
"But I don't think these injuries have got anything
to do with any changes to our training.
"We've had so many games recently that we've
mainly been doing recovery sessions between
games, so it's not as if the training has been really
intensive. You can't blame that.
"Sometimes you are just unlucky with injuries,
and we've had a lot of bad luck recently."
He said it was "a big blow" to lose Coutinho and
Lovren as Liverpool embark on a packed fixture
schedule that begins with an FA Cup tie at
League Two Exeter on Friday.
But he added: "We'll all stick together. I'm sure
the lads who are out will be working extra hard to
get back fit."
Klopp has already pointed out his team are doing
more recovery sessions than training because of
the fixture congestion, and the gradual drain of
resources has put additional strain on the
remaining fit players.
"The problem is if all the players in this moment
had no injuries in preseason they are still in the
race and can cope with this intensity, but they
have had little things and had no chance to
recover," he said.
"We have no break, no chance to recover, but we
can't wave the white flag. We have to get on with
it and see."
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