Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, Thiago Alcantara, Fabinho and Curtis Jones are back in training after going into isolation due to positive Covid-19 tests, manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday.

“Yeah, the boys who had to isolate, or had Covid, are back. That means Fab, Virgil, Curtis and Thiago,” Klopp told reporters ahead of Tuesday’s Premier League trip to Leicester City. “Thiago was the latest, he came back and trained on Sunday for the first time with the team. We have one young player who is now isolating and two staff.

“It’s really tricky, every morning when you come in, it’s a little bit like a lottery. You hope it’s all fine and then one case... That’s the situation, but apart from that we are fine.” Liverpool’s Boxing Day match at Anfield against Leeds United was postponed due to Covid-19 cases and injuries in the visiting team.

Klopp’s side are playing Leicester again after beating them on penalties in the League Cup quarter-finals last week. Leicester lost 6-3 to leaders Manchester City on Sunday.

Liverpool are second in the table with a game in hand, six points behind Manchester City. Leicester are 10th.