The Liverpool boss confirmed that Joel Matip has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in his press convention on Wednesday evening.
Jurgen Klopp’s facet have stored themselves inside touching distance of league leaders Arsenal after their 2-0 win in opposition to Sheffield United.
Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring after a pinpoint nook from Trent Alexander-Arnold within the first half because the English defender grabbed his seventy fifth help in all competitions for his membership.
Solely Kevin De Bruyne and Mo Salah have amounted extra since Alexander-Arnold’s debut in 2016.
Liverpool then managed the remainder of the sport and sealed the win by Dominik Szoboszlai within the 94th minute.
However Klopp delivered some unhealthy information in his post-match press convention as he confirmed that Matip had suffered an ACL harm.
The defender suffered the harm in his facet’s dramatic 4-3 win in opposition to Fulham on the weekend.
The 33-year-old might be dominated out for the remainder of the season and along with his contract expiring subsequent summer time, might not play for Liverpool once more.
Jurgen Klopp confirms that Joel Matip ruptured his ACL in opposition to Fulham on the weekend ❌pic.twitter.com/JcRNBJS2Bb
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