In Liverpool’s last week Wednesday victory over Sheffield United, Alexis Mac Allister sustained a knee injury which the Reds manager, Jurgen Klopp acknowledged he had never seen before.
The Argentine World Cup winner missed Saturday’s late comeback victory over Crystal Palace due to a gash to his knee at Bramall Lane.
According to 90min, Mac Allister is also not expected to play against rival Manchester United on Sunday and has not traveled to Belgium for Liverpool’s last Europa League group stage match against Union Saint-Gilloise.
“It’s a bit more tricky than we thought at the first moment,” Klopp told reporters of Mac Allister’s issue. “The other boy stepped on his knee and the stud went through pretty much the muscle on to the bone.
“Now, we have to wait until the bone is healed and until Macca can deal with the pain, because it is pretty painful. Macca is actually a super-tough guy so we have probably to make sure just from an infection point of view nothing happens. That’s really important.
“I never had this injury for one of my players before but now we have it.
Klopp added: “I hope it will not take that long, I would like to say it’s day by day – but that would look like he could maybe play the next game but he will not be ready for that as well.
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“I hope the next three or four days he makes big steps and then we will see.”
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