Liverpool duo Diogo Jota and Jordan Henderson emerge as recent damage doubts for Saturday’s Premier League conflict with Brentford at Anfield.
Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Diogo Jota and Jordan Henderson are each damage doubts for Saturday’s Premier League conflict with Brentford at Anfield.
Each gamers took half in Wednesday’s 1-0 success over Fulham, the place Henderson returned to the primary XI over Harvey Elliott and accomplished the total 90 minutes.
In the meantime, Jota was handed match to make the bench for the second sport working and changed Darwin Nunez with seven minutes remaining, having additionally come on instead to attain a last-gasp winner in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur final weekend.
Nevertheless, the Portuguese attacker has been coping with a again drawback since final month’s victory over West Ham United, and Klopp revealed that he had solely been restricted to components of coaching on Thursday.
As well as, Henderson has been despatched for scans on a minor unspecified drawback, which Klopp admitted could also be important sufficient to rule him out of Saturday’s match.
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“Diogo has his again situation, bruised rib. He might practice yesterday however he did not do rather a lot, to be sincere. He was probably not in peril yesterday for any form of contact or stuff like this, so we now have to see there,” Klopp mentioned in his pre-game press convention.
“Hendo, we now have to see. He had yesterday a scan, did not see the outcomes but. It is not going to be an enormous factor however perhaps it is sufficient to rule out for tomorrow – I do not know that but.”
Liverpool have already been coping with out Calvin Ramsay and Stefan Bajcetic because of season-ending knee and adductor accidents, whereas Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita have been coping with muscular issues up to now few weeks.
Firmino, who’s confirmed to be leaving the membership when his contract expires this summer season, was initially solely anticipated to be out for 3 video games with a muscular drawback, however his situation is proving harder than initially anticipated to beat.
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Because of this, the Brazilian is but to return to staff coaching, whereas Keita additionally stays unavailable amid considerations that he might have additionally performed his closing sport for the Merseyside membership.
Moreover, Klopp confirmed studies stating that Thiago Alcantara will miss the remainder of the marketing campaign because of hip surgical procedure, however the Spaniard ought to return for the pre-season interval.
“Bobby just isn’t but in staff coaching. We hope that he can begin subsequent week with staff coaching. Now we now have clearly Thiago, he can have the surgical procedure and is out for the remainder of the season,” Klopp added.
Liverpool will go searching for a sixth consecutive victory this weekend, having risen as much as fifth within the Premier League desk courtesy of successive wins over Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Tottenham and Fulham.
The Reds stay 4 factors behind Manchester United within the closing Champions League place due to the Pink Devils’ 1-0 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Thursday, however Erik ten Hag‘s aspect nonetheless have a sport in hand.
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