Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara will miss the next two matches after taking a calf injury during the weekend while Trent Alexander-Arnold is ruled out with the disease, said the Premier League club on Monday.
Thiago was replaced in the second half of a 3-0 victory against Crystal Palace and Assistant Manager Pepijn Lijnders said he would miss the league Cup match Tuesday in Norwich City and Saturday’s league clashes in Brentford.
“I can’t say now how long but definitely not tomorrow and not on weekends,” Lijnders told the club website.
“Let’s get the results of the scan back and we have the right diagnosis.
Dear too because he took the game by hand, he was the right playmaker in my opinion.
It’s a pity that we miss it.” Thiago was Liverpool’s second midfielder who was lost due to injury in the last match after Harvey Elliott needed an operation when he broke his ankle against Leeds United.
Replace Alexander-Arnold will lose the third round bond in Norwich.
Lijnders said it was not Covid-19 and that the 22-year-old had no symptoms.
The game also came too quickly to continue Robert Firino who returned to training this week after a hamstring injury.
Lijnders said Liverpool will use competition to young people, adding that the 20-year-old midfielder Curtis Jones will definitely start.
“We want to compete with certain styles, we want to press and become violations and dominant and control the game,” he told reporters.
“If you want to play like this, you need fresh feet, mind and fresh energy in the field and that’s what we tried and do.
To understand the team selection, you need to understand our ways.” For us it is important competition even though there are requirements.
Say because we want to introduce new talents and we have a group of players who want to be the right legend, we really look forward to this.
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