Just a month ago, everything was great for Liverpool. The Reds were at the top of the Premier League with a few points to spare, and they were winning without AFCON bound Mohamed Salah. But today, against one of the easiest opponent in the league, the black clouds are gathering above Anfield. Manchester City is close now, only one point below, while Arsenal defeated the Reds 3-1 and are now only two points away. On top of that, coach Jurgen Klopp‘s hands are tied with vast amount of injuries, which could rise up to 10 players when the team runs on the pitch to play against the Hatters.🤕 Alisson 🤕 Matip🤕 Alexander-Arnold🤕 Szoboszlai🤕 Thiago🤕 Jones🤕 Jota Do Liverpool’s injuries make Chelsea favourites for the Carabao Cup final? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/YtgV8Eqk0s— SPORTbible (@sportbible) February 20, 2024 So far, it was Newcastle who had the most injured squad, consisted almost entirely of first-team casualties, but now Liverpool are facing a similar situation. First it was the first choice keeper Alisson who got injured after Brentford, and the severity of his injury was revealed by Brazil manager, who said that the goalie won‘t be available for the friendly matches against England and Spain, which will take place at the end of March. Then Mohamed Salah came back from injury, replacing injured Diogo Jota and even scored the goal and assisted to Mac Allister against the Bees, but how he is facing consequences. He was not supposed to play, or not play so much (45 minutes), so he is now questionable for Luton game. The man he replaced is facing ‘months off‘ after a knee injury.Terminally ill Eriksson gets his wish to be Liverpool’s managerBut, Klopp is refusing to give excuses.“Our injury situation is definitely not great. Alisson is a muscle injury, we don’t know exactly how long it takes. Trent and Dom are on the way back but not in training yet. With Diogo it will obviously take months. It’s no excuse. There are 5,000 ways to play a football game and we have just to find one. Footballers nowadays can play different positions. A defender has to attack and an attacker has to defend. All our boys are good on the ball and have to be good off the ball. You become the best version of yourself and then who cares about the position“ said the German.Liverpool contacted Alonso back in NovemberApart of Alisson and Diogo Jota, Joel Matip (knee), Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee), Dominik Szoboszlai (hamstring), Thiago (hamstring), Curtis Jones (ankle) and Stefan Bajčetić (fitness) are out against Luton, while Mohamed Salah (hamstring) and Darwin Nunez (muscular) are in doubt and may feature in some capacity against the relegation strugglers from the outskirts of London.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUETuesdayMan.City – Brentford 1-0 (0-0)/Haaland 71/Wednesday 22.30: (1.20) Liverpool (7.25) Luton (12.0)***odds are subject to change***
