Darwin Nunez hands Jurgen Klopp Liverpool injury boost amid Arsenal and Man City title battle

Darwin Nunez has withdrawn from Uruguay duty after picking up a hamstring issue in Liverpool's 4-3 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.

However, the Liverpool ECHO is reporting that Nunez remains in contention to feature against Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield on March 31. The Reds striker, who only recently returned from a similar issue earlier this month at Nottingham Forest, played 120 minutes at Old Trafford as Jurgen Klopp's side were beaten in the quarter-final of the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon.

After the game, Klopp confirmed Nunez was one of a number of casualties for an already injury-hit squad, telling the BBC: "Now, the boys go on international duty, they have to recover. We hope they come back healthy.

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"We had some problems. Lucho (Luis Diaz) felt his groin, Darwin his hamstring, hopefully it is not. And Cody Gakpo has twisted his ankle, I think. I didn't see it back, so we have to see.

“I don't know when they play their first game, but probably in four or five days, it's a crazy schedule. Let's hope they can get through that and then the rest of the season starts."

Jurgen Klopp's side are currently without as many as eight first-team players in Alisson Becker, Joel Matip, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Curtis Jones, Diogo Jota, Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic and Ben Doak. However, Ibrahima Konate has reported for France duty after missing the last three matches with a muscle injury of his own, while Luis Diaz trained with Colombia on Tuesday.

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