Trent Alexander-Arnold Out For Four Weeks

The right-back went off injured against Manchester City on
Sunday.

One of the worst moments for any football fan is seeing one of
their players go down with a non-contact injury. It always portends
bad things, and when the team is already injury-hit, the feeling of
dread only amplifies.

That’s what happened on Sunday when Trent Alexander-Arnold went
down with a hamstring injury in the second half of the match
against Manchester City. The intense fixture schedule
has been causing plenty of injuries, especially for the Premier
League teams who are also in Europe.

Alexander-Arnold joins his teammates Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho,
Thiago Alcantara, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on the injury list.
He’s set to be out an estimated four weeks. For Klopp and the Reds,
the international break came at a good time.

Alexander-Arnold will have to sit out England duty. The Three
Lions are set to play three matches over the next two
weeks — because of course they are. The world waits on tenterhooks
to see who will take home the coveted — excuse me one moment while
I Google this — Nations League trophy.

There’s a pandemic still raging, but UEFA won’t let that get in
the way of making some money.

Liverpool’s schedule resumes on November 21st when
they take on Leicester
City. Alexander-Arnold will miss that one, a Champions League game against Atalanta, and likely
also a visit from Brighton on November 28th. And if you’re doing
the math and figuring out that many of these players will play
three international games in a week, then come back and play three
more club games the next week, you are not the only one.

Until something changes, it seems like these needless injuries
to our players is something that we’re all going to have to get
used to.