Jurgen Klopp dealt recent harm blow as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain hobbles off with ankle downside after scoring in 3-0 win over Brentford - leaving Reds sweating on scan outcomes with AFCON stars nonetheless away
- Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered an ankle harm late on towards Brentford
- Midfielder picked up a knock and was substituted in the course of the 3-0 victory
- Ex-Arsenal participant was masking Mo Salah's place while winger is at AFCON
- The 28-year-old will endure a scan on Monday to disclose severity of the harm
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain faces an anxious wait to find the severity of the harm that forged a shadow over what Jurgen Klopp known as an excellent day for Liverpool.
The midfielder, who scored the essential second purpose in his facet's 3-0 win, performed within the place that often belongs to Mo Salah, excessive up on the proper, and proved an ready deputy with a elegant efficiency.
However Oxlade-Chamberlain, whose Anfield profession has been punctured by a sequence of health points, was pressured off six minutes after scoring having rolled his ankle.
He instantly gestured to the bench that he was not capable of proceed and Klopp gave him a consoling pat on the neck as he went straight down the tunnel. He'll endure a scan on Monday.
'He was actually good,' stated Klopp. 'That's the shadow on the sport. We do not know but however he rolled his ankle and now we hope it's nothing critical. We'll get the additional or last info earliest tomorrow.
'Sadly that's the lifetime of a footballer. Nobody did something unsuitable, it simply occurred. It's nothing to do with Alex, it might have occurred to anybody. Let's simply wait as we all know nothing about it.'
Klopp was in any other case thrilled with what he noticed from Liverpool, who had regarded so off-colour within the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final towards Arsenal three days earlier. He hopes this performances augurs properly for the return on the Emirates Stadium on Thursday.
'Profitable is nice for confidence, undoubtedly,' stated Klopp. 'I do not assume we struggled confidence-wise. We will just about reduce off the general public noise, what is occurring round us.
'We knew towards Arsenal what was not proper however what the world on the market makes of it, placing the finger on the apparent factor that a few world-class gamers weren't there, we knew so we did not must learn it. We did our personal factor.'
Brentford boss Thomas Frank bemoaned the way during which his group fell behind on the stroke of half-time.
Fabinho scored a header on the again publish from Trent Alexander-Arnold's nook and Frank stated: 'That ought to by no means occur however sadly we did that. I might like to see what occurred if it was 0-0 at half-time. Second half, we have been courageous and had an opportunity from Bryan Mbeumo however then they scored by way of Oxlade-Chamberlain and it was a finished deal.'
