Liverpool missing one injured player more than most as Jurgen Klopp proved right
If Liverpool's physios are working for double pay over the Christmas period, the club will be hit with quite the bill to pay out in the New Year.
At the moment, it would represent quite the achievement for Jurgen Klopp to simply get through 90 minutes without seeing another one of his players succumb to an injury of some sort.
Since the international break ended in late November, Klopp has seen the likes of Alisson Becker, Joel Matip, Diogo Jota, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch pull up with various problems during matches and Kostas Tsimikas and Luis Diaz were the latest two to join that dubious list after their respective problems in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal.
While Diaz's issue is hoped to not be a serious one, Tsimikas was sent tumbling into Klopp on the sidelines after a tussle with Bukayo Saka and has subsequently suffered a broken collarbone. It's cruel luck on the Greek defender who was performing admirably in the absence of Andy Robertson, another Liverpool left-back dealing with a shoulder problem currently.
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Those entering the debate from a tribalistic point of view will often push back on Klopp's bemoaning of the scheduling but the outcome of too many games crammed into a short space of time is being seen and felt right now at Anfield and elsewhere.
Injuries have always been a part of football but the unrelenting run of fixtures for all top-flight clubs is doing little to keep the sport's leading lights fresh enough to deliver the sorts of moments that make people fans to begin with.
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