LONDON: Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be sidelined due to injury he sustained in Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16.
He is now set to miss several matches after medical assessments confirmed a lay-off, Jurgen Klopp revealed at a press conference on Friday, the club said on their website.
“Hendo, it could have been worse. How we all know, it was a hamstring,” said Liverpool manager Klopp. “We heard of different hamstring injuries now around in the Premier League – Harry Kane, for example. It’s not that bad.”
“But he will be out, I think, for three weeks or so, which is not cool. But how we see it, we were still lucky. That’s it.”
Klopp has no other fresh injury concerns ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash with West Ham United, however.
But the six-day gap between games means any alterations, aside from a replacement for Henderson, will be by choice.
“Changes, I could, because apart from Hendo all the other boys are fit,” added the boss.
“But Tuesday-Monday [between games], there is absolutely no need to do it. That’s enough time, longer than we usually have. We will see who will start, maybe we will make more changes – but not because of the Atletico game.”
