Jordan Henderson unhappy with those doubting Liverpool’s durability

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has said he cannot understand people who question his team’s durability.

Liverpool have made a sensational start to the 2019/20 campaign and sit top of the Premier League, having won 16 of their opening 17 matches, drawing the other one.

They begin their Club World Cup campaign this week and are still going strong in both the Champions League and Carabao Cup.

Their outstanding form has left some to speculate how the team will cope should one of their star players suffer an injury – but Henderson has expressed his bafflement over such talk.

“One of the things I keep hearing is how we would cope if we picked up a few injuries,” he told LFC Matchday Magazine. “It’s a question that I can’t quite get my head around because, like every team, we’ve had our fair share of knocks already.

“The key thing is that when one of us has to drop out for whatever reason, whoever comes into the team is making light of whatever absences we have.

“Obviously it is credit to the players themselves for having the right mindset and to the manager for utilising the squad in a way which has allowed us to pick up some great results in recent weeks.

“But this credit also has to be extended to the staff behind the scenes: the physios, the masseurs, the medical department and everyone else who plays a role in preparing us.

“A lot of us are asked in interviews how we find such a schedule as players and the demands it places upon us. And yes, it is tough – very tough.

“But we’re very lucky at Melwood to have the best people around us to keep us in the best shape possible before, during and after games.”