Dominik Szoboszlai injury timeframe confirmed by Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool midfielder remains doubt for friendly
Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Dominik Szoboszlai is a doubt for Liverpool's first friendly in Singapore after the midfielder was forced to sit out an eventful clash against Greuther Furth.
Szoboszlai, a £60million summer signing from RB Leipzig, was absent from the 4-4 draw behind closed doors at the MS-Technologie-Arena in Villingen-Schwenningen on Monday afternoon after suffering a minor injury in training.
The Hungary international is now a doubt for the friendly against Leicester City in Singapore on Sunday but is expected to be back for the game against Bayern Munich three days later.
And Klopp said: "He rolled his ankle slightly in training, really nothing. Everybody is super-positive about it, himself first.
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"If we would have today a Premier League game or whatever, he could play. So, we don't take a risk and we will see what we will do with the Leicester game after travel (and) stuff like this. But for the Bayern game he will be ready, definitely."
Szoboszlai was joined on the sidelines by fellow midfielders Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic and centre-back Nat Phillips for Monday's game, with goalkeepers Caoimhin Kelleher, Fabian Mrozek and Viteszlav Jaros also not involved as Liverpool looked to give minutes to Alisson Becker, Adrian and Marcelo Pitaluga between the sticks.
Luis Diaz gave the Reds a half-time lead only for Julian Green to equalise at the start of the second half. Two goals from Darwin Nunez then put Liverpool in control before Lukas Petkov and a Armindo Sieb brace put German second
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