Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has provided a worrying update on Diogo Jota after the Portuguese attacker suffered a muscle injury in their win over Manchester City.
Liverpool hosted Manchester City at Anfield in their previous Premier League match and secured a 1-0 win, courtesy of a second-half goal from Mohamed Salah.
Jota started for Liverpool in the match and played for the Reds until he was forced to leave due to injury at minute 90+9. The Portuguese international was injured during stoppage time and required prolonged treatment on the pitch.
The 25-year-old was eventually stretchered off the pitch and was replaced by Kostas Tsimikas in the final minute of the match.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp updates Diogo Jota’s injury
Speaking after the match, Klopp provided an update on Jota’s injury. “Diogo, I wish I didn’t have to talk about it. I saw it on the side of the screen, I’m the first to see it,” said the Liverpool manager.
“When I saw that he fell and there was not a lot of contact, you can see a little bit that someone kicks his foot and maybe the muscle was stretched too much, 96 minutes, that is not good for the muscle. She felt it right away and now we have to wait to see how bad it is.”
Meanwhile, against Man City, Liverpool scored the winning goal in the 76th minute of the match. It all started with a quick thought from Alisson Becker.
The Brazilian comfortably collected the ball from a Man City free kick and kicked it into the Man City half.
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Salah was toe-to-toe with Joao Cancelo when Alisson made that kick. The Egyptian left the Portuguese full-back one touch behind and found the goal. And he wasn’t wrong, sending it past Ederson and into the Man City net.
The result helped Liverpool move up to eighth place in the Premier League points table. The Reds have 13 points from their first nine games in the league.
The defeat, meanwhile, was Man City’s first in the Premier League this season. They sit second in the table with 23 points from their first 10 games.
Man City are now four points behind leaders Arsenal, who secured a 1-0 victory over Leeds United in their previous game.
