Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has addressed the concerns surrounding the fitness of key players Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones in a recent update.
The duo, who had to leave the field during the first half of the Reds’ 4-1 victory at Gtech Community Stadium, will be unavailable for Wednesday night’s clash against Luton Town.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, and Dominik Szoboszlai will continue to be sidelined for the Anfield fixture against Rob Edwards’ side in the Premier League.
Speaking about the injury situation during his pre-match press conference on Tuesday, Klopp said: “Not great, definitely not. I would like to sit here and say we have absolutely no issues but obviously we have some.
“So, not available is obviously Ali, that’s a muscle injury where we don’t know exactly how long it takes but definitely not for 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, you see the line-up early enough and then you can see who made it and who didn’t make it. That’s it pretty much.
“All the little bit longer-term like Trent and Dom, they are on their way back but not in team training yet, so that means they are not available as well. That’s the situation, let me say it like that.
“What I said after the game, as long as we have 11 players, we will go for it, and that’s exactly the idea. It takes with the boys day by day and with the games definitely game by game.
“Tomorrow night is an incredibly important game for us against a really good side. I’m not sure you will ask about Luton, so that’s why I start talking about them because the job Rob is doing there is insane.
“I’m not sure it’s really respected enough that a team with the amount of points they had in the beginning of the season making such a footballing development, I’m not sure I saw that before.
“When you saw the Man United game, it was an incredible game of Luton. Yes, they lost it, but it was an incredible game. They increased possession periods during the season in a really crazy way. Good players, obviously top, top coached and that will be a tough one.
“So, we need Anfield. We need Anfield 100 per cent – it must be a European night in England for that.”
Asked about timeframes for the injuries, the Reds boss responded: “With Diogo, it will obviously take rather months.
“It’s with the injuries as well, so like you have important days. So, day five, day 10, they are always important days when you then judge the situation again because nobody reacts in the same way and it depends on the pain level they still have and stuff like this.
“I couldn’t give you a timeframe even if I wanted to, so that’s just how it is. When you don’t have these players available, it makes no sense as well to say, ‘OK, they will not be in before…’
“How I said, they all react different to different issues and that’s what we want to take this time.”
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