TERRIBLE: These are the matches Liverpool Trent will miss due to jis injury

TERRIBLE: These are the matches Liverpool Trent will miss due to jis injury

Mauricio Pochettino will be looking to secure three points when Chelsea lock horns with Liverpool at the end of the month, and Jurgen Klopp’s side have been dealt a huge injury blow

 

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates with teammate Darwin Nunez after scoring their team’s fourth goal during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield on December 20, 2023

Liverpool dealt major injury blow for Chelsea tie as Klopp juggles Salah absence

Jurgen Klopp has been dealt a major injury blow ahead of Liverpool’s meeting with Chelsea at the end of the month. The Premier League leaders will welcome Mauricio Pochettino’s side to Anfield on January 31 in what is poised up to be a blockbuster bout.

 

Unless Egypt fail to qualify for the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations, Liverpool will be without Mohamed Salah when they lock horns with the Blues. Assuming that Japan qualify from the Asian Cup group stages in the coming weeks, the Reds are also expected to miss Wataru Endo.

 

Now, Trent Alexander-Arnold has become a major doubt for the Chelsea fixture too. Ahead of Liverpool’s clash against Fulham in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg, Pepijn Lijnders confirmed that the right-back has sustained a knee injury.

 

Klopp’s assistant claimed that Alexander-Arnold suffered the knock during the Reds’ FA Cup triumph over Arsenal at the weekend. Lijnders said: “First of all, some not-that-good news. Trent hyperextended his knee during the last game.

 

“So he has a little tear in the lateral ligament of his knee and he will need time to recover. He had a scan and he will be out for a few weeks, so let’s see after that. He will get some rest and then hopefully he can come back to where he was.

 

“Because this guy was decisive in all the games and was the one who created constantly for us from deep and gave the team a high level of flexibility. We will really miss him.”

 

Lijnders then offered updates on Virgil Van Dijk, Dominik Szoboszlai, Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas. The Liverpool assistant added: “Virgil is back. He did some runs yesterday on the pitch, looked good again. So he will be back in the squad, he recovered well. So it really helped him not to travel to London.

 

“Dom is progressing well on the pitch, he’s running, so let’s see. Not available for tomorrow. And then we have Robbo, he’s almost at the three-month mark, so he will get checked by the surgeon.

 

“And if he does that scan and we see everything [so] that we can really progress him, he will go to Dubai for a week to do proper volume sessions, proper sessions, so that will be good for him. Then we see the three-month-mark scan and then we can see how quick he can go into contact again.

 

“Same for Kostas. Kostas is progressing really well, really quick. So hopefully both of them – Robbo and Kostas – will be back at the end of this month to train with the team.”

 

If Salah, Endo and Alexander-Arnold are all unavailable for Liverpool’s clash against Chelsea at the end of the month then Pochettino’s side will be given a huge confidence boost. With the Blues plotting an ambitious, late push for top-four, they’ll be desperate to take points from those above them in the Premier League table.

 

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