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Liverpool will try everything to quickly get Ben Davies and Ozan Kabak up to speed tactically, but starts for the pair against Brighton & Hove Albion are unlikely.
The defensive duo joined the Reds on transfer deadline day to bolster Jürgen Klopp's options in the heart of the backline.*
Speaking on Tuesday, Klopp told reporters: "We play obviously different to Preston and obviously different to Schalke, that's clear.
"They will need time but we don't have a lot of time. So we will use the time we have in our hands and try our best.*
"So if they would have to start tomorrow night together, I think that would be not too cool. But we will give them a few more days."
It was confirmed on Monday that centre-back Joel Matip is set to miss the rest of the season due to an ankle ligament injury. Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez are long-term absentees in the position.*
Klopp reported no other movement on the team's injury front ahead of the meeting with the Seagulls, with*Sadio Mane,*Fabinho, Naby Keita and Diogo Jota*those recently sidelined.*
"It is as it was," the manager said.
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Meanwhile, Brighton will assess the fitness of Alexis Mac Allister and Joel Veltman ahead of the trip to Merseyside. But Tariq Lamptey, Danny Welbeck and Ali Jahanbakhsh*are ruled out.
"Alexis Mac Allister has a slight issue with his glute, but we will see how he is," boss Graham Potter said on Monday. "Joel Veltman was also feeling a little bit of tightness.
"But we need to give them another 24, 48 hours before we make those decisions."
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