If Liverpool have many players absent due to injury and several are defending the team at AFCON, ASIAN CUP, visiting Craven Cotagge to complete the second leg which still has around 14 days left, Klopp only needs a draw to be able to appear in the Final.
A draw is not a difficult result for Liverpool to achieve.
Liverpool will have some challenging weeks with many disadvantages like injuries and absence of key players because of African and Asian Cups. This winning will help them to have some different options to prepare for a second-leg match with Fullham 2 weeks later on 25 January. League Cup is not too important with them compares to other big competitions, Premier League and Europa League.
With some injuries and risk of injuries from Salah and Endo because of international duties, Klopp will have to build up careful plan for Liverpool in next two months, this month and one month later when Salah and Endo returns to Anfield. Even those players return without injuries, he will have to give them one or two weeks to recover.