Liverpool could be without seven players for Man City as Jordan Henderson hits new low
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Liverpool could be without seven injured players for Man City match
Liverpool were hit by two new injury concerns prior to their win over Brentford as Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez were absent.
In the build-up to the visit of Thomas Frank's in-form side, Liverpool were sweating on the fitness of captain Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch, who had missed the midweek Europa League defeat to Toulouse through illness and injury respectively.
While the rest did Van Dijk the world of good as he produced another impressive display at the back in the 3-0 win over Brentford, Gravenberch was sidelined. And with Alexis Mac Allister suspended through a one-match ban, and Curtis Jones, Thiago Alcantara and Stefan Bajcetic all injured, that left Reds boss Jurgen Klopp short of midfield options. So much so that he had to name highly-rated 16-year-old Trey Nyoni on the bench for the first time since his move from Leicester City in the summer.
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But Klopp was also hit by problems in defence as Konate and Gomez joined Andy Robertson on the sidelines. The injury to Konate has meant he has been omitted from Didier Deschamps' France squad for this month's fixtures against Gibraltar and Greece and subsequently replaced by Chelsea defender Axel Disasi.
There is no official word on the diagnosis surrounding Konate and Gomez. But while Mac Allister will return for the top-of-the-table match against Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday, November 25, Klopp has a number of fitness worries.
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