Since the beginning of the football season, Liverpool Football Club’s first team has suffered numerous serious injuries.
Due to the absence of some of its important players, the Merseyside team has had difficulty during the Premier League season. Diogo Jota, a midfielder for Portugal, is the most recent casualty for the Reds as the season progresses before the World Cup.
According to sources from Anfield, Jota will undergo a scan, although there are concerns that the Portugal international may have seriously hurt his right calf. They are clear signs that he won’t be competing for his nation in the World Cup in Qatar.
The team roster presently has seven injured players, including Luis Diaz, Navy Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Joel Matip, Ibrahima Konate, and Arthur Melo.
🚨 NEW: Diogo Jota will have a scan today but there are fears the Portugal international has suffered a serious injury to his right calf and his hopes of representing his country at the World Cup in Qatar are in doubt. #lfc [david ornstein – the athletic]
Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool, responded to his team’s UEFA Champions League thrashing of Rangers.
In advance of the Premier League matchup against Manchester City, Klopp was questioned about the team’s mentality. The German claimed that his side would make the best possible preparations for the contest.
The best football team is waiting on Sunday, coming to Anfield. We will see what we can do.
Since the start of the Premier League this season, Liverpool has had a string of bad performances. After humiliating Rangers 7-1, the Merseyside team is in a terrific mood going into the encounter against the Cityzens. The Reds only need a point to secure a berth in the next round since they are only one point behind Napoli.
Wednesday’s opening Champions League group match saw Napoli defeat last season’s beaten finalists Liverpool 4-1, continuing Jurgen Klopp’s team’s unsettling start to the season.
At the Stadio Maradona, Napoli pushed Liverpool aside with a frenzied first-half effort, and they rightfully led by three goals at the break.
In the fifth minute, Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring from the penalty spot, and two more skillfully executed goals from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone, making his Champions League debut, left Jurgen Klopp’s team facing a humiliating loss.
The fourth goal was almost immediately added by Poland midfielder Zielinski to give Napoli the perfect start to Group A.
After a two-season hiatus, Luciano Spalletti’s club has returned to Europe’s elite tournament and is currently in second place, level with Ajax, who defeated Rangers in similar fashion. Napoli improved on a solid start to their domestic campaign, placing second in Serie A after five games, and will be buoyed by excellent showings from newcomers, especially explosive winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
Georgian Kvaratskhelia, who has already won over Napoli supporters with his dynamic wing play and eye for goal, had a significant impact despite playing for less than an hour.
The Scots, meantime, have kept Liverpool off the bottom, and they are now focusing on trying to move up from seventh position in the Premier League.
Jordan Pickford’s stunning goalkeeping performance in an absorbing 0-0 draw with Everton at Goodison Park frustrated Liverpool. Tom Davies hit the crossbar for Everton in a game that swung from end to end, while Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz did the same for Liverpool.
The England goalkeeper made several excellent saves, while his opposite number Alisson had to be alert to prevent a home win in a Merseyside derby that could have been rife with goals.
In the first half, both teams rattled the goal frame, Everton through Tom Davies before Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz followed suit, and Mohamed Salah was also denied late on.
Everton thought they had taken the lead midway through the second half when former Liverpool academy player Conor Coady touched in Neal Maupay’s cross, only to be denied when a VAR check revealed he was inches offside.
Not forgetting that Conor Coady’s disallowed goal for Everton sparked ugly scenes during Saturday’s goalless Merseyside derby, which boiled over when a bottle thrown from the stands narrowly missed Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
A beer bottle appeared to be thrown from behind the managers’ technical areas, missing Klopp by a whisker. As if that wasn’t enough, an Everton supporter ran onto the pitch from the Gwladys Street End in an attempt to confront referee Anthony Taylor before being escorted away by stewards.
Those heinous incidents overshadowed a pulsating clash between these bitter rivals, which could have ended with goals aplenty if not for Everton keeper Jordan Pickford’s man of the match performance and some fine saves from Liverpool counterpart Alisson Becker.
Everton’s victory at Anfield in 2021 remains their only victory in the last 28 Merseyside derbies in all competitions. Frank Lampard’s team is now winless in their first six games of the season, while Liverpool’s momentum has been dampened after winning their previous two games.
