Liverpool comment on Joe Gomez injury while defender suffered a setback

Joe Gomez is still "a few weeks" from his return to Liverpool.

The English defender has played in Liverpool's last 10 games after a broken leg in the Burnley victory last month.

Gomez is currently following a stimulus program, but Jurgen Klopp says he's not about to return to reinforce Liverpool's defensive options.

The Reds are already deprived of Trent Alexander-Arnold until March, but there was better news about Dejan Lovren who trained on Friday.

About Gomez, Liverpool boss Klopp said: "We have to wait a few weeks, we'll see, it's hard to judge for the moment.

Obviously, it was really unlucky in this situation. The injury is not similar to Trent or Gini, where you know "it's the only thing".

"It could have been like that, but more and more we discovered it was a more serious thing.

"We thought it was three weeks ago, it would be closer and we had to make another diagnosis in which we found that it was not working as far as we wanted, that's why it was not Is still not hearing or running in the field. "

Klopp was delighted to welcome Lovren on his return from training after returning from Liverpool to Melwood after his training camp in Dubai.

"Dejan is important. For now, we have overcome at least our "crisis" downtown, "he added.

"The boys were brilliant, but of course, before getting hurt, Dej was in fantastic shape. It was not too long obviously, which is good. Joel, thank God, is back