Liverpool forward Diogo Jota set to miss up to eight weeks with knee injury

ByEnis Koylu

Updated 13/12/2020 at 16:43 GMT

Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that Diogo Jota could be out for up to two months with a knee injury picked up in the Champions League clash against Midtjylland in Denmark in midweek. The 24-year-old, having scored for the English champions earlier in the game, was injured with just nine minutes of normal time left to play.

Liverpool have been dealt a fresh injury blow with the news that Diogo Jota is set to miss up to eight weeks of action with a knee injury picked up in the Champions League clash against Midtjylland.

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Since moving to Anfield from Wolves in the summer, the Portuguese forward has been in superb form, scoring nine goals in all competitions.

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But Jurgen Klopp fielded the 24-year-old in the dead rubber trip to Norway in midweek. After scoring, he was substituted with an injury nine minutes from full-time.

The German manager has now confirmed that he could be out until February but has avoided surgery on the injury.

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"It's worse than we first thought but better than we then thought," he told Sky Sports before his side's Premier League trip to Fulham.

"The potential surgeons had a look at it and no surgery needed but he will be out for a while. We don't know exactly but one and a half, two months?"

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Diogo Jota has arguably been the best summer signing and his form for Liverpool has been fantastic and, with Roberto Firmino under-performing, he could well have become an automatic pick.

Klopp has had numerous injury problems with which he has had to contend this season with a full season crammed into eight months rather than nine after a brutally short pre-season. He has been highly vocal in his criticism of the calendar but this knock is one he has inflicted on himself, having played a £40 million player in a dead rubber.

There was no need to take first-teamers to Denmark, with top spot already in Liverpool's hands and he should have given established players a rest ahead of the festive period, which is an injury risk in ordinary times.

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