Liverpool to enter unknown territory as Jurgen Klopp braced for extended injury blow
If he was intending to send a reminder of his value to Liverpool, Kostas Tsimikas couldn't have timed it any better.
The Greece international helped put his country on their way in their Euro 2024 qualifier in the Republic of Ireland on Friday night by sweeping in a cross from the left for Giorgos Giakoumakis to hammer in a header for the opening goal of a 2-0 win.
It was only the fifth game Tsimikas had started this season with just three coming for his club. But events in Spain the previous night mean the 27-year-old can now expect to see much more action during the next month.
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Andy Robertson was forced off before half-time in Scotland's 2-0 defeat in Seville after dislocating his shoulder during a challenge with goalkeeper Unai Simon. The defender returned to Merseyside to undergo scans on Friday to ascertain the extent of the damage, with Liverpool braced for confirmation of an extended spell on the sidelines.
Jurgen Klopp, then, will now enter unknown territory regards the left-back role. Since Robertson broke into the first-team in December 2017, he has been absent from a Premier League squad on only 12 occasions, two of which were through suspension. He has in that time never missed more than two league games in succession, a proud availability record that is almost certain to be ended during the latest batch of matches.
Worryingly, Liverpool have won only one of the last six Premier League games in which Robertson has not been even among the substitutes. On each occasion, Tsimikas was the starting
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