Liverpool will host Wolverhampton Wanderers in their mid-week Premier League clash at Anfield this evening and Jurgen Klopp will surely be hoping that his side can regain some confidence in front of the home support.

It hasn’t been the best seven days for the Reds with a 5-2 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League which was followed up by a lacklustre and uninspiring stalemate with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Saturday night.

The Reds are now nine points adrift of a Champions League qualifying spot inside the top four and a 3-0 victory in the second leg at the Bernabeu will be their last hopes of progressing in the European competition. That has left next season’s involvement in the tournament in huge doubt.

As a result, every point and remaining fixture in the top flight counts for Klopp and tonight’s game will give the team a golden opportunity to tighten the gap to Tottenham Hotspur in fourth.

Liverpool have been given a huge injury boost ahead of the fixture with Ibrahima Konate confirmed as a potential returnee this evening.

Klopp confirmed in his pre-match press conference: “Ibou trained now completely normal. Should be absolutely OK for the squad at least.”

Will Konate start against Wolves?

After the poor performance against Palace and with the Liverpool boss revealing that Joe Gomez will not be available for the fixture, tonight’s game could be the perfect opportunity to get Konate back in the defensive set up and linking up with Virgil van Dijk once again.

The talented Frenchman damaged his hamstring at the end of January and has not been seen in the squad since, however, the clash with Wolves could not have come at a better time and if he can help deliver Liverpool a victory he would surely stake his claim in the centre-back role going forward.

Despite making only five Premier League appearances this season, the £70k-per-week titan – hailed an “absolute dream” by Phil Thompson – has tallied up an 86% pass completion rate and completed 100% of his dribble attempts so far, displaying that he is the perfect modern-day centre-half, capable of playing the ball out from defence confidently.

Furthermore, his 1.8 interceptions per game are the highest of anyone in the squad, while his 2.4 tackles are the second-highest in the team, and the best of any defender.

With that being said, the return of Konate will surely be warmly welcomed by the Anfield faithful this evening and Klopp will be hoping that a fresh perspective in the team will help to improve upon the dull displays seen on too many occasions this season.