Alexander-Arnold facing weeks out with hamstring injury

Trent Alexander-Arnold is facing weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said.

They visit Championship side Nottingham Forest on Sunday in the FA Cup quarter-final, but will be without Alexander-Arnold, who is also going to miss England's friendlies later this month.

There are also doubts about the fitness of Mohamed Salah, who Klopp says "felt his foot a little bit" after coming on as a substitute in Wednesday's 2-0 win at Arsenal in the Premier League.

Klopp said: "Trent is out with a hamstring, so will be out for England too. Not good news, we will see how long it takes."

Asked if the right-back would be facing weeks out, the German added: "Yeah."

Klopp was unsure when Alexander-Arnold would be likely to return, but said James Milner and Joe Gomez are options to fill in at right-back in his absence.

"We will see how long it will take," he added. "To replace him is difficult but possible.

"We have Milner, Gomez, these kind of things. Trent is so influential but Milner has done incredibly well in the past. We'll see how Milly is for Sunday. Maybe a young solution?"

Middlesbrough vs Chelsea, Saturday March 19; kick-off at 5.15pm.

Crystal Palace vs Everton, Sunday March 20; kick-off at 12.30pm.

Southampton vs Man City, Sunday March 20; kick-off at 3pm.

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England have nothing planned at this stage regarding a replacement for Alexander-Arnold, who was named as one of two right-backs in Gareth Southgate's 25-man squad alongside Chelsea's Reece James.

Kyle Walker was left out of the squad for the friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast, but Southgate says he will return in June.

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