Full Liverpool squad vs Luton as Jurgen Klopp could be without 11 injured players
Liverpool can extend their lead at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday evening when they face Luton Town at Anfield, but they will have to do it without at least nine senior first team players.
The Reds were able to tighten their grip at the summit last weekend with a 4-1 win against Brentford while Manchester City dropped two points at home to Chelsea. But Liverpool's victory in the capital came at a cost with at least two more players joining a growing list of key players currently clogging up the treatment room.
Klopp has confirmed that in-form forward Diogo Jota will be out for "months" as the Portuguese international starts his recovering from a bad knee injury sustained in the first half against the Bees on Friday. He will be joined on the sidelines by Curtis Jones, who also came a cropper in the opening 45 minutes at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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Imperious goalkeeper Alisson Becker was absent on Saturday with a hamstring injury and will once again not be involved against the Hatters on Wednesday. Irish back-up 'keeper Caoimhin Kelleher, who deputised against Brentford, is now set for a run of games in the first team.
Speaking about the current injury situation in his pre-game press conference on Tuesday, Klopp said: "Not great, I would like to say no issues but we have some. Not available: Ali, muscle injury, we don't know how long it will take but definitely not the foreseeable time coming back. Then we have Diogo with a knee issue is ruled out. Curtis, with a bone/ligament issue, is ruled out.
"With others, we will deal with
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