Liverpool's Geroginio Wijnaldum to miss Club World Cup semi-final

Wijnaldumwas injured inLiverpool's2-0 Premier League win over Watford on Saturday but travelled with the squad to Qatar. Klopp said that the 29-year-old's problem was not as serious as initially feared but that they would monitor how it responded to treatment over the coming days.

"Gini was not as serious as we thought in the first moment, so he's here doing the first recovery and then we have stuff what is necessary," Klopp told reporters on Tuesday.

"We'll see day by day, but for tomorrow night (Wednesday) he's not involved."

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Wijnaldum's fellow Dutch international Virgil van Dijk alsomissed training in Doha on Monday but Klopp said the defender was not carrying any injury.

"Virgil is fine. We had to do different stuff for recovery for different people, that was the reason why he wasn't involved yesterday in the session," Klopp added.

"All the rest of the squad is fine."

European champions Liverpool are looking to capture their maidenClubWorldCuptrophy.

The winner of Wednesday's clash at the Khalifa International Stadium will take on Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo in Saturday'sfinal.

With Premier League leaders Liverpool playing in Doha this week, they fielded a starting lineup consisting mainly of reserves and youth team players for Tuesday's LeagueCupsemi-finalagainst Aston Villa.

They acquitted themselves well against a more experienced Villa side but were beaten 5-0.