Jurgen Klopp describes Joel Matip's injury as the main defeat after the defeat of Dortmund
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has lamented the injury of Joel Matip The most negative thing about the day "after the friendly loss of 3-1 pre-season Sunday at Borussia Dortmund in Charlotte.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp lamented Joel Matip's injury as "the most negative thing of the day" after the defeat friendly Sunday against Borussia Dortmund in Charlotte.
The defenseman, whose 2017/18 season was cut short by a thigh injury that required surgery, was sacked 22 minutes after the Champions Cup game against Bank of America Stadium.
Klopp downplayed the recurrence of the previous problem, saying that it was a "small tear", and the player will be monitored over the next few days.
"This is not the same injury.It is another muscle – it looks like, hopefully, a small tear," said the manager at his press conference. post-match, quoted on the club's website
Jurgen Klopp, pictured, is waiting for an injury update on Joel Matip (Chuck Burton / AP) [19659015] "We'll see, but we can not say more about it now, it's of course the most negative thing of the day, it's not cool, things like that can happen. , but you do not want it.
"Maybe Monday or Tuesday we'll know more, but right now we only know it was too painful for him to continue." [19659004] The Last Matip's appearance in 2017/18 took place in March, the Cameroonian central back having suffered a thigh injury against Crystal Palace and then pbaded under the knife.
He made his comeback in the Liverpool friendly against Bury. Jürgen Klopp offers an update on Joel Matip after the sacking of the central back # ICC2018 after 22 minutes: https: / Liverpool FC (@LFC) 22 July 2018
Liverpool took the lead three minutes after Matip led the pack. replaced by Joe Gomez in Sunday's match in North Carolina, Virgil van Dijk producing a great header from Andrew Robertson After a Rafael Camacho corner, Dortmund equalized in the 66th minute, Christian Pulisic converted a penalty more at a fault of James Milner.
Both teams seemed to be moving towards penalties until the 89th minute. The American Pulisic fired in the bottom left corner of the box rim as a result of a counter-attack.
"A day like this, you have to stay strong and show your desire for the greed that you want to at least maintain the result at 1-1 ", said Klopp.
"We must learn from it, it's like that, and then we have to go back."
(Loris Karius / Instagram)
The result can only add to the doubts that the guardian Karius may have had about the future, especially in light of Alisson's purchase by the club. from Roma last week.
Karius posted a message via an Instagram story after the game that said: "For those who take the joy of seeing others fail or suffer, I feel it for you.
" Everything that happens in your life to contain as much anger and hatred, I pray that this will happen and that good things will come to you. "[19659004TheNewChemicalMatchamicalofLiverpoolseradisoftheCommissioneroftheManchesterCitytoMetlifeStadiumofNewYork
