Andy Robertson's Liverpool return pushed out

Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson's recovery from a shoulder injury looks like sidelining him for the remainder of January.

The Scotland captain has been out since surgery in October after sustaining a dislocation on international duty.

It had been expected the 29-year-old would be close to a return in the new year, but manager Jurgen Klopp said the defender requires further rehabilitation time.

"Robbo still needs more range in his shoulder. Obviously it was a big surgery. (He is) still not even close to team training or whatever," he said.

"(He) can do a lot, everything without using the arm properly, which is obviously good, but on the other side shows us we still have a long way to go. For sure, I think, the full January he has to get closer and closer."

Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, out since early December with a knee injury, is close to rejoining team training.