Liverpool suffer Merseyside derby blow as attacker picks up new injury
For the first time since damaging his knee in February's win over Brentford, Portuguese striker Diogo Jota was named in the starting lineup for the weekend's clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage.
The former Wolverhampton Wanderers man had already come off the bench in both legs of Liverpool's Europa League quarter-final clash with Atalanta BC, in addition to a cameo role in a 1-0 Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace.
Upon his return to the first XI, Jota vindicated Klopp's decision with the Reds' third goal of the game, after Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ryan Gravenberch had struck either side of a Timothy Castagne response.
Jota was taken off for Darwin Nunez with 74 minutes gone, and there was no mention of any post-game concerns for the 27-year-old, suggesting that he got through the fixture unscathed.
Jota to miss two weeks with hip injuryAs a result, Jota was expected to be in contention to start at Goodison Park on Wednesday night, but speaking to reporters in his pre-game press conference, Klopp delivered the bad news that the Portugal international had picked up a new concern.
The attacker's latest issue is related to his hip, and Klopp has revealed that he is expected to miss the next two weeks, also ruling him out of clashes with West Ham United (April 27) and Tottenham Hotspur (May 5) before a potential comeback against Aston Villa on May 13.
When asked if there were any fresh injury concerns, Klopp replied: «Unfortunately, yes. Diogo scored the goal, felt a little bit and now we found out it's a
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