Cody Gakpo hands Liverpool boost after Diogo Jota injury and Mohamed Salah scare
If ever there was a time for Liverpool's frontline department to continue its even spread of goal contributions then this might be it.
Saturday's 4-1 win against Brentford might have taken them temporarily five points clear, while being enough to keep four between them and Manchester City after their 1-1 draw with Chelsea later that day, but it came at quite the cost to Jurgen Klopp.
Curtis Jones was the first to succumb to injury, being forced off with a suspected ankle issue before the in-form Diogo Jota suffered the most serious setback of a bruising encounter at the Gtech Stadium.
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The Portugal international left the pitch on a stretcher and the stadium itself in a knee brace and crutches after Brentford midfielder Christian Norgaard had landed awkwardly on him in the first half.
It brought a crashing halt to the sort of performances that have seen Jota score six times and create four assists since his most recent return from injury on Boxing Day at Burnley.
The player himself is still convinced he can play a part in the end-of-season run-in and desperately wants to feature for Portugal at this summer's European Championships after missing the 2022 World Cup through injury - but a lot will depend on further assessments that were undertaken at the club's AXA Training Centre on Monday.
Klopp will deliver the latest in his Tuesday afternoon press conference but the No.20 will miss out on Sunday's Carabao Cup final with Chelsea and is looking at around two months on the sidelines going by the early indications.
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