Forward Roberto Firmino has given Liverpool a Champions League final boost by returning to training. The Brazil international has missed the last three matches with a thigh problem but was able to take part in the first session of the squad’s pre-final camp in Marbella. Firmino was the first player to arrive on the south coast of Spain having attended slightly…
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Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk took part in training on Tuesday, easing worries over his fitness ahead of the clash with his old club Southampton. Van Dijk appeared to suffer a knock in the latter stages of Sunday's dramatic 2-1 win over Tottenham at Anfield and was to be assessed. Reds boss Klopp said after the game: "I…
Liverpool have been handed a major boost ahead of their trip to Bayern Munich after Arjen Robben was ruled out of the Champions League second leg clash. The Reds will travel to Munich next Wednesday having drawn 0-0 with the German giants in the first leg at Anfield. Dutch star Robben missed that match but…
Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may reportedly make his return to action for the club's Under-23s side later this week. The England international has spent almost a year on the sidelines with a knee ligament injury sustained in last season's Champions League semi-final tie with Roma. Oxlade-Chamberlain has been slowly eased back over the past few weeks, having returned…
Jurgen Klopp has refused to rule out Dejan Lovren’s participation in Liverpool’s Champions League game against Bayern Munich on Tuesday but admitted he is looking at ‘other solutions’ in case he is absent. Lovren hasn’t featured for Liverpool since limping off six minutes into their FA Cup third round defeat to Wolves with a hamstring…
Liverpool have added Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to their 25-man Champions League squad with the midfielder closing in on a return from an ACL injury. The 25-year-old has been injured since last April and had been expected to miss the entire 2018-19 season, however, he appears to be ahead of schedule and could return sooner than expected.…
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has conceded that Joe Gomez may require surgery on a fractured leg. Gomez has been on the sidelines since picking up the injury in December, but the immediate decision was to allow the fracture to heal without an operation. Klopp, however, has admitted that Gomez's recovery is not progressing 'exactly how the club want' and the…
Liverpool have moved to ease concerns over the back injury suffered by midfielder Naby Keita during Wednesday night's Champions League defeat to Napoli. Keita went down off the ball after only 19 minutes of the Group C match at the Stadio San Paolo and eventually had to be stretchered off despite the injury occurring in apparently innocuous circumstances. Liverpool confirmed…
Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he expects forward Sadio Mane to be "fine" for the second leg of Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against Roma. The Senegal international was left out of the Reds' squad for the goalless draw with Stoke City on Saturday afternoon due to a minor injury. Having given Mane the day off for the lacklustre home draw against Stoke, Klopp is…
Liverpool are preparing to take on Stoke City on Saturday without forward Sadio Mane after he picked up a thigh injury in the thumping victory over Roma. The Senegal international missed a catalogue of chances in Tuesday’s 5-2 win in the Champions League, though finally got on the score sheet after being set up by…