Klopp says Jota faces ‘months’ out as Liverpool injury crisis deepens

Liverpool’s Portuguese striker #20 Diogo Jota is treated by medical staff after picking up an injury during the English Premier League football match between Brentford and Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium in London on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) / 

Diogo Jota faces “months” on the sidelines after damaging his knee in Liverpool’s win at Brentford, adding to manager Jurgen Klopp’s mounting injury woes as they chase Premier League glory.

Saturday’s 4-1 win victory in London came at a heavy cost as forward Jota and midfielder Curtis Jones were both forced off in the first half.

Jones left the stadium on crutches after injuring his ankle and Jota departed on a stretcher, while forward Darwin Nunez was also withdrawn with a knock.

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dominik Szoboszlai will be sidelined for Liverpool’s home match against struggling Luton at Anfield on Wednesday, while Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip remain out of action.

Speaking about the injury situation on Tuesday, Klopp, whose team are two points clear of second-placed Arsenal, said the situation was “not great”.

“I would like to sit here and say we have absolutely no issues but obviously we have some,” the Liverpool boss said on Tuesday.

“So, not available is obviously Ali (Becker). That’s a muscle injury where we don’t know exactly how long it takes but definitely not for the foreseeable time coming back.

“Then we have Diogo with a knee issue, is ruled out. Curtis, with a bone/ligament issue, ruled out.

“And then we have the others where we will deal with it day by day with muscle things. We will see for tomorrow.”

The German did not give an update on Nunez during his pre-match press conference.

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