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Liverpool may have banished their Brentford hoodoo with a first victory at the Gtech Community Stadium last month, but the fixture proved damaging in other respects.

Mohamed Salah made his comeback from a month out injured by contributing a goal and an assist but ultimately aggravated the problem and wasn't seen again for another three weeks.

Diogo Jota hasn't played since being substituted for Salah shortly before half-time having suffered knee ligament damage, while Darwin Nunez, who opened the scoring in the 4-1 triumph with a superb finish, failed to reappear for the second half and missed the following weekend's League Cup final win over Chelsea.

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Then there was Curtis Jones, the first player to fall on the afternoon for Liverpool when suffering an ankle problem barely half-an-hour into the game. Ryan Gravenberch, his replacement from the bench, had a hand in one goal and started the win over Luton Town a few days later before his Wembley outing was cut short after just 28 minutes with an ankle injury.

It was a significant blow for Jones, who had regained his regular starting role after a fractured opening half to the season in which two spells on the sidelines through injury and a suspension following his contentious red card at Tottenham Hotspur had seen him fall down the pecking order. Only Virgil van Dijk has a better pass completion rate for Liverpool this season in the Premier League.

Now, though, Jones is close to a return. And he will hope to play as significant part during the run-in as last season, when his unexpected return to the side on the left of