A new injured person in Liverpool before the difficult confrontation with Leicester City
Brazilian Fabinho, the Liverpool midfielder, fourth in the Premier League, has joined the club's injured list, so he has to miss the summit meeting in the twenty-fourth round against Leicester City III.
"Fabinho will not be available," said Liverpool's German coach, Jurgen Klopp, on the sidelines of the press conference held on the eve of his expected match, noting that he "suffers again from a small muscle injury, so he will be out of the line-up for this match."
There are doubts about the 27-year-old's participation against Leipzig on Tuesday in the first leg of the 16th round of the prestigious European Champions League competition.
In the same context, Klopp confirmed that his Portuguese striker Diogo Jota will need from two to three weeks to recover from a knee injury he suffered last December.
Liverpool's hopes of defending its title as champion were set back in light of the decline in its results in the recent period and its suffering in terms of defense after the injury of the main Dutch defenders Virgil van Dyck and Joe Gomez, in addition to Joel Matip, which prompted Klopp to use the midfielders Fabinho and captain Jordan Henderson in defense to fill the gaps.
Turkish newcomers Ozan Kabak, coming on loan from Schalke and Ben Davis, are likely to get their chance in a fateful match for the top four in the league.
The European champion won only three of his last 11 matches in various competitions, and he was knocked out of the England Cup by 10 points behind leaders Manchester City, who has a postponed match.
Liverpool hopes to increase its chances of booking its card for the prestigious continental competition next season, when it faces Leicester, the third, who is ahead of it by 3 points (43 versus 40), knowing that the loss means being 6 points behind.
Fabinho played an important role in Liverpool winning the league title after 30 lean years.
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