Liverpool injury news – latest news on Alexander-Arnold, Wijnaldum, Brewster and Oxlade-Chamberlain

Trent Alexander-Arnold

The England international played against Brighton and Hove Albion against the pain after knee injury during the pre-game warm-up.

The right back felt comfortable enough to play the 90 minutes, but the extent of the damage became evident after the match and could remain unused for a month.

Alexander-Arnold will not need any surgery, but the healing process makes it difficult for Liverpool to return in the allotted time, though Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has refused to send the defender off. from his opponent's side with Crystal Palace.

Klopp update:

"Gini and Trent, we will decide the day, it's not cool.The peculiarity of this story is that they both played 90 minutes (in Brighton).

"The whole world has seen what happened to Trent. Which boy. Amazing to play this game, and after we had the information that he was hurting.

"Nothing happened to him during the match, it's just what happened before. Adrenaline is obviously an interesting thing, it gives you the opportunity to do a little more than what you expected.

"We'll see, we're definitely going to wait until both of us are very close for Saturday, I do not want to close any doors before anyone tells me to close them."

Expected return:

January 2019

Gini Wijnaldum

The Dutchman also suffered a knee injury against Brighton, but has not yet been ruled out of Anfield's Saturday clash with Palace, despite major doubts. His condition will be closely monitored this week before a decision is made on his availability.

Klopp update:

"Gini and Trent, we will decide the day, it's not cool.The peculiarity of this story is that they both played 90 minutes (in Brighton).

"The whole world has seen what happened to Trent. Which boy. Amazing to play this game, and after we had the information that he was hurting.

"Nothing happened to him during the match, it's just what happened before. Adrenaline is obviously an interesting thing, it gives you the opportunity to do a little more than what you expected.

"We'll see, we're definitely going to wait until both of us are very close for Saturday, I do not want to close any doors before anyone tells me to close them."

Expected return:

January 2019

Adam Lallana

Adam Lallana missed the Liverpool FA Cup exit against the Wolves and the clashes between the Premier League and Brighton & Hove Albion following an unspecified minor injury, but the playmaker could return against Crystal Palace .

Klopp update:

"Adam was driven yesterday and the day before, so he should be in contention. We must see. We will have to see how he will react in today 's session. "

Expected return:

January 2019

Nat Phillips

Update Critchley:

Nat goes through a period of rehabilitation after an operation.

"We saw him play 45 minutes against Everton, but he was not quite right in this match and did not feel well." The physios have followed a different path with respect to the management of his injury.

"He has had surgery and I do not want to set a deadline for his return, but we know that Nat is very conscientious with the hard work he's doing and we hope to get him back before. the end of the season, which would be really nice.

Expected return:

March / April 2019

Dejan Lovren

The Croatian was injured in the leg during the FA Cup defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving the Reds with Fabinho and his new recruit Ki-Jana Hoever, 16, in a flawless backcourt partnership.

Not ready to come back against Crystal Palace, Klopp hopes that the Croatian will be able to return before the end of the month.

Klopp update:

"Dejan is way better than he was, it's a muscular thing that needs time." I'm sure he can again be involved against Leicester (January 30th). ). "

Expected return:

January 2019

Joe Gomez

Defender Joe Gomez is making good progress after a broken leg in Liverpool's Burnley victory.

The center back is progressing well after missing the entire Christmas period and the beginning of the New Year, but is not yet ready to return.

Klopp update:

"Joe, no, improve, improve, improve and we hope it will be fast now, but we do not know exactly."

Expected return:

January 2019

Rhian Brewster

The winner of the Under-17 Football World Cup in England is still recovering from operations that he suffered at the ankle and knee after being injured with ligaments while he was playing for the under-25s. 23-year-old Liverpool against Manchester City in January 2018.

Staying away for a year, the Reds do not want to attack but he recovered faster after resuming the drive to the outside.

However, it is unlikely that he will come back before the pre-season.

Klopp update:

"Not as far as he would like it. I saw him during the last hour, he was out of training and his run looked much better since he underwent another small operation.

"He's on the right track, it's going to take time, but he has time, we do not have to think about him before the pre-season, but he's really very good and in a good mood.

"He is really integrated into the team but until now, he has not been able to show it in the field.

"Our opinion of him will not change. We have to wait a little longer and sometimes it's like that.

Expected return:

July 2019

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

The English international has been missing for a long time after suffering multiple knee ligament injuries in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal against AS Roma last April and may miss most of the the season 2018/19.

However, after starting to run for the first time outside in December, Klopp hopes to be able to play a role in the Liverpool run-in.

Klopp update:

"He is in a very good way. It will still take a few … last few times that I put some pressure on the medical department.

"But when I see him moving the ball and what he's doing already, it looks really good, promising and close to coming back.

"But after so long – April against Rome – everything will be fine, he looks completely perfect, he has no problem, he can no longer inflate, so he can really work on his condition problems physical.

"It's a surprise, it's ahead of schedule, it's always good news, we try not to push it too hard, but we do not want to hold it back.

"If he does not do things like he has done in recent weeks, he can play in Premier League football this season, which is nice to know.

"I think we'll see him this season."

Expected return:

April 2019