Liverpool injuries: Good news for van Dijk but other star will miss Leicester
By David Gate
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp revealed that Virgil van Dijk did train yesterday and will again today. But another star will miss Leicester clash.
Liverpool twitter fell into a panic last night as it was revealed that Virgil van Dijk was a doubt for Wednesday evening’s game against Leicester City after suffering from illness on the trip to Dubai. He is was the latest to be added to the list of defensive injuries.
However Jurgen Klopp told the press today that the Dutch international trained yesterday and will again today. While not confirming he will start the indication was he will be available for the manager.
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There was other news on the injury front with the boss informing the media both Gini Wijnaldum and Fabinho also trained yesterday meaning both will be in contention for the visit of Leicester.
The bad news is that one player will certainly miss the Premier League clash with the Foxes. Trent Alexander-Arnold has not recovered from his injury in time to train. That means he will miss a second game after being injured in the warm up of the 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion.
Klopp will have a big decision to make about who starts at right back. With Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez out and James Milner – who deputized against Crystal Palace – suspended, the manager will have to get creative.
The only first team regular who has played that role before is Fabinho at Monaco but he has yet to feature at full back for the Reds.
Klopp says Virgil van Dijk has trained...and so should be ready to play against Leicester. Wijnaldum trained, Fabinho will train today, but Trent AA is not quite ready to play and will miss the game #LFC
— David Maddock (@MaddockMirror) January 29, 2019
Much will depend on the Brazilian’s true level of fitness. The boss could instead turn to Rafa Camacho who started at right back in the FA Cup against Wolves and came on late against Palace and won some praise from Klopp.
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It’s a big call to make in the title race, especially as Man City are likely to only be one point behind the league leaders after their game against Newcastle later today.