Injuries to Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz are known to be long-term and Liverpool will have to survive without the pair of attackers until after the World Cup.
Such is the extent of their respective numbers that Jurgen Klopp urged reporters to drop the subject ‘for a while’.
“You don’t have to ask about Diogo for a while and not about Luis for a while,” the 55-year-old told reporters at his pre-match press conference (via liverpoolfc.com).
The Reds are set to take on Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United after securing a confidence-boosting 3-0 win against Ajax in midweek to offset the disappointment of a shock loss to bottom-of-the-table Nottingham Forest. in the league.
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With great results in Europe, we have shown that we are more than capable of supplying goals when necessary, even without our electric Colombian and lethal number 20.
That’s not to say either man is greatly missed, though we clearly can’t afford to add Darwin Nunez to our growing injured list after the Uruguayan’s scoring comeback on Wednesday.
Hopefully we will have better news in the near future as our medical team works hard behind the scenes.
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