It seems that Liverpool will not be able to count on Luis DÃaz until after the World Cup, in which the former FC Porto player would miss up to 10 games.
This comes courtesy of a tweet from The Guardian journalist Fabrizio Romano after the 25-year-old suffered a knee injury in North London.
Liverpool star Luis Diaz will miss the next 10 games following his knee injury against Arsenal, confirmed. ???????????? #LFC
He is expected to return at the end of December, after the World Cup. pic.twitter.com/UfWaE2PQvR
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 10, 2022
The Merseysiders succumbed to their second league defeat of the campaign, a result that sees Jurgen Klopp’s men remain in 10th place in the English top flight.
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It’s not a terrible run of games, although the focus is on upcoming meetings with Manchester City, Napoli and Tottenham ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
As one of our hardest-working and genuinely fit talents available right now, it’s a blow of epic proportions for us within the larger context of repeated poor performances from other world-class team members.
It will probably mean a reversion to a 4-3-3 to avoid putting more pressure on our forward options.
You can find all the games that the Colombian international will miss with Liverpool below:
Oct. 12 – Rangers (A)
October 16 – City of Man (H)
Oct 19 – West Ham (H)
Oct 22 – Nottingham Forest (A)
October 26 – Ajax (A)
Oct 29 – Leeds (H)
November 1 – Naples (H)
November 6 – Tottenham (A)
November 9 – Derby (H)
Nov 12 – Southampton (A)
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