Liverpool will await the outcomes of a scan after Ibrahima Konate suffered a suspected hamstring harm at Sparta Prague, making him a doubt vs. Man Metropolis.
On an evening when Liverpool stepped one foot within the Europa League quarter-finals with a 5-1 win at Sparta, there was one blemish for Jurgen Klopp.
Having been anticipated to provide Konate and Virgil van Dijk a half every to protect the pair for the go to of Man Metropolis, the Frenchman as an alternative stayed on past the break, earlier than being pressured off.
Talking after the sport, Klopp described his substitution as a “precaution,” however there remained fears of a hamstring harm heading into the weekend.
In his pre-Man Metropolis press convention on Friday, Klopp defined: “Joe [Gomez] is ok. Ibou, I don’t know.
“Ibou was somewhat optimistic final evening. He thought he made the suitable resolution in the suitable second.
“How we all know, that doesn’t imply quite a bit, sadly!
“He’ll get scanned, undoubtedly. Up to now, I don’t have the outcomes of that.”
Konate can definitely be thought-about a doubt for the conflict with Man Metropolis, with Gomez’s availability – after being introduced off at half-time in Prague – making him an choice to fill in.
The overriding optimistic, as Klopp continued, is that “all of the others are nice.”
That comes after concern for Darwin Nunez on TNT Sports activities’ protection on Thursday evening, together with the continued reintroduction of Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool are nonetheless with out Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Thiago, Stefan Bajcetic, Diogo Jota and Ben Doak.
Jayden Danns may return to the squad after concussion.
