Liverpool has been dealt a major blow with the news that Joel Matip could miss up to six weeks with a knee injury. The 28-year-old center-back has missed three of the Reds’ last four games with the issue, but until now little had been reported on the timeframe of the extent of the injury. Football fans can book Premier League Tickets on our website on exclusively discounted prices.
Speaking last week, Jurgen Klopp had said: “It is just a little thing which usually settles in the two weeks; it did, but then it came up after the United game. It is not a massive injury; it is just a bit annoying.”
Nowadays, the Standard‘s David Lynch has wrecked the news that Matip is facing up to six weeks on the sidelines. It is a main blow for a player who has been affected by injuries through his three seasons at Anfield, this being his seventh since incoming from Schalke in 2015.
Matip will now miss up to 10 games, including the huge clash against Man City at Anfield in a fortnight. Dejan Lovren has deputized alongside Virgil van Dijk for the last two games, but Joe Gomez could seize the opportunity to return to the heart of the Reds’ defense.
The knock-on effect of this in the immediacy is that it will be interesting to see who does and who doesn’t start against Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday night-time, through Saturday’s tour to Aston Villa in concentration.
Klopp is short of defensive options though for the Arsenal game, with Van Dijk needing to be rested and no full-back cover due to Ki-Jana However being away with the Netherlands at the Under-17 World Cup.
James Milner is almost certainly set to start in defense, either at right- or left-back. Gomez or Lovren will be one center-back, but beyond that the options are slim. Academy left-back Yasser Larouci and right-back Neco Williams trained with the first-team squad on Monday and one of them could get a debut for the club.
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