Klopp Talk: Injury Update Edition

The boss talks about injuries and somehow doesn’t cry during
it.

Remember when we had a squad that wasn’t fifteen children and
the midfield playing in centre-back? Good times. At least we’re all
suffering together and get to hear updates from Klopp where he’s
absolutely suffering with us.

When asked about Diogo Jota, who sustained a knee injury that will likely keep him
out for a while, Klopp said: “Yeah, it’s worse than we first
thought and better than we then thought.

“All the potential surgeons had a look on it, no surgery needed.
But he will be out for a while. We don’t know exactly but
one-and-a-half, two months. We don’t know exactly. It’s pretty
similar with Kostas Tsimikas, by the way. Unbelievable.”

Tsimikas also picked up his injury during the trip to FC
Midtjylland, and will likely be out for six to eight weeks, as
well.

“It was first after the game,” Klopp added about Jota’s injury.
“We saw the situation when he got it; him himself, nobody would
have thought something happened there. We got him off the pitch and
he said ‘I feel a little bit’ and next day, scans and then a
surgeon has to look at it. That’s how we do it, different
information. In the end, it’s strange but we were happy that we
heard the final diagnosis.”

Meanwhile, Joël Matip walked off in the first half of
Liverpool’s game against Fulham but Klopp is hopeful that he will
be available for Wednesday’s clash against Tottenham.

“Joel Matip has a spasm in his back,” the boss said after the
Fulham match. “We will see. In the moment, nothing else. He got
already treatment, will get treatment and we will see. I think
there’s a chance for Wednesday. [It’s not that bad] in the moment,
no.”

We’ll see just how bad the bench looks before and after Spurs
travel to Anfield on Wednesday.