Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists he and Fabinho have no issues.
Fabinho has struggled for form this season and has found himself benched by Klopp.
The Reds manager said today: "We don't have arguments on the training ground or anything. If you think that, that is not the case at all. He knows he's not flying and he has to work his way back. That's how it is.
"It's now really helpful we have Stefan [Bajcetic] because he's doing really well. In this position, you need a guy who wins challenges, who protects everybody, but who plays football as well.
"It's really important and for plenty of years, [Fabinho has been] the best in that position for a long time. At the moment, it's not clicking and that's true as well, you have to go through that. He's not the happiest person on the planet but he understands the decision. "