Stoke-on-Trent: Jurgen Klopp has indicated that he may have to enter the transfer market to buy a defender as Liverpool's injury crisis grows.


Liverpool Jordon Ibe (left) scores past Stoke City 'keeper Jack Butland during the English League Cup semi-final first leg on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

Klopp faces the prospect of having no fit centre-backs for Friday's FA Cup third-round trip to Exeter.