UPDATE ahead of Carabao Cup final game : Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Curtis Jones, Alisson Becker – Liverpool injury news and return dates

HUGE Blow Liverpool injury Disaster

Diogo Jota. Liverpool’s injury list is unbelievable 🤯❌

Injury update from Klopp: 🔴⛴️

𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 & 𝑺𝒛𝒐𝒃𝒐 “Trent and Szoboszlai, not ready yet”.

𝑱𝒐𝒕𝒂 “Diogo Jota knee issue, ruled out — with him it will take more than a month”.

𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 “Curtis with a bone ligament issue, ruled out”.

𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏 “Alisson with a muscle injury, ruled out”.

𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒉 & 𝑵𝒖́𝒏̃𝒆𝒛: No update but Klopp mentioned some injures will be taken “day by day”

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Jurgen Klopp has provided an injury update “Not great, definitely not. Not available Alisson, we don’t know exactly how long it takes. Diogo Jota with a knee issue is ruled out, it will take months. Curtis Jones with a bone ligament issue, ruled out.”

It’s simply incredible what a job Jürgen Klopp has done this season while dealing with so many injured players in such an important time.

Thoughts?😬👇

Jota suffered what is suspected to be a knee injury in the first half against Brentford. The Portugal international was stretchered off before being replaced by Salah.

Klopp said post-match that he did not know the full extent of the injury, with Jota now expected to undergo further assessment in the coming days. The Reds boss was not optimistic about the severity of the injury, though.

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“Diogo looks probably the worst,” said Klopp on February 17. “I didn’t see it back but I heard the pictures didn’t look great. We have to see there.”

But Jurgen Klopp has been left counting the cost of Saturday’s trip to Brentford, where his side – who did at least have Mohamed Salah back in the fold – ran out comfortable 4-1 winners to maintain their title lead but saw Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones all suffer injuries to follow the surprise absence of Alisson Becker.

The key quartet have each now been added to an already lengthy list of Reds absentees that Klopp will be desperate to see shorten quickly with the all-important run-in approaching.

Here is all the latest Liverpool injury news and return dates…

Darwin Nunez

The Uruguayan scored his 13th goal of the season with an outrageous lob against Brentford but later picked up a knock and was replaced by Cody Gakpo at half-time of a one-sided affair at the Gtech Community Stadium.

“Darwin, we took off because he felt really a little but that was obviously today enough to immediately push the brake and that’s what we did, so we took him off and brought Cody on and that worked out really well,” Klopp said.

Nunez’s issue sounds initially like the least serious of the three players taken off on Saturday, though Klopp will still be anxiously awaiting an update this week.

Potential return date: Unknown, pending further assessment

Diogo Jota

Klopp will be very concerned about Jota, who was stretchered off just before the break at Brentford after suffering a nasty-looking knee injury during a challenge with Bees captain Christian Norgaard.

“Diogo looks probably the worst; I didn’t see it back but I heard the pictures didn’t look great as well, so we have to see there,” the German admitted after the game.

The latest reports from Portuguese outlet Record on Sunday claimed that Jota has avoided a season-ending injury that could have seen him miss this summer’s European Championship with Portugal, but still faces around two months on the sidelines with likely posterior cruciate ligament damage.

Potential return date: April 2024

Expected return date: Unknown

Curtis Jones

Jones also suffered an injury during the first half against Brentford and was substituted in place of Ryan Gravenberch.

“Curtis got a knock on the lower part of his shin, above the ankle,” said Klopp on February 17.

“We will see what that means. It’s what he felt but he wasn’t 100% sure. That Curtis cannot play on tells you it must be something because he would have played on at all costs actually.

“Yeah (he’s on crutches), but that’s normal. I’ve not spoken to him, I don’t have time. I get carried around the stadium for interviews

Expected return date: Unknown

Darwin Nunez

Nunez scored Liverpool’s opening goal against Brentford but was substituted at half-time in place of Cody Gakpo.

“Darwin, we took off because he said he feels something a little,” said Klopp on February 17. “Today that was enough to immediately push the brake and that’s what we did.

“We took him off, brought on Cody and that worked really well. That’s not great. We can talk about that part of the game, that’s really not good but we cannot change that anymore.”

Expected return date: Unknown

Alisson Becker

Alisson missed Liverpool’s win over Brentford with a hamstring injury. The goalkeeper has now missed the past two Reds matches, after not being involved in last week’s win over Burnley due to illness.

“Ali was ill last week and injured this week,” said Klopp on February 17. “No other ideas behind it (starting Caoimhin Kelleher). If he hadn’t been ill and hadn’t been injured now, Ali would have played.

“We will see how long Ali is out but Caoimhin is exceptional and today it was an performance.

Expected return date: Unknown

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Trent Alexander-Arnold

Alexander-Arnold missed Liverpool’s win over Brentford with a knee injury. The right-back suffered discomfort in his knee during last week’s victory over Burnley and was substituted at half-time.

The Reds vice-captain now faces a spell on the sidelines and has already been ruled out of Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final against Chelsea next Sunday.

Expected return date: Early March

Dominik Szoboszlai

Szoboszlai has missed Liverpool’s last three Premier League matches with a hamstring injury. The Hungary international first suffered the injury on New Year’s Day against Newcastle.

Szoboszlai made his return against Chelsea on January 31 but has now missed the games against Arsenal, Burnley and Brentford through injury. The midfielder remains a doubt for the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea next Sunday.