Liverpool injury update ahead of Liverpool FA Cup tie: predicted line-up
The Reds have been riding out an injury crisis since the start of the year. The international break will give Klopp extra leeway.
Just three days after securing their place in the Europa League quarter finals, Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool head straight into another one. Without time to properly digest the 11-2 aggregate win over Sparta Prague, suddenly it’s FA Cup weekend - City and Coventry already through to the next round, and will be joined by either Chelsea or Leicester. Liverpool bring the action to a close this afternoon with arguably the most appetizing tie of the four - against eternal foes Manchester United.
Klopp’s Reds head to Old Trafford giddy from their landslide win in Europe and with the heady glow of sharing leadership, on points, with Arsenal in the Premier League. Considering the injury headaches that the manager has had to contend with since the start of the New Year, along with the absences of Salah and Endo (both snaffled by their respective national teams), the team has done remarkably well adapting.
The younger players who the German coach drafted in to make up the numbers have not only risen to the occasion but far exceeded all expectations of them. Just a couple of months ago, few had heard of never mind knew much about players like Conor Bradley, Jayden Danns, Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Lewis Koumas, Trey Nyoni, Kaide Gordon or Mateusz Musialowski - some still teenagers, the rest, barely 20.
The energy and enthusiasm that these talented young players (not forgetting Jarell Quansah, who was drafted back in August) have contributed gave Liverpool a fresh impulse - which they needed more than ever with 12 first team players in the sickbay at one point.
Thankfully, the casualty room is gradually
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