A crisis in Liverpool before the match between Rangers and Manchester City
The Liverpool football team's crisis has escalated, after defender Joel Matip was confirmed to be absent for no less than two weeks, due to a calf problem.
Liverpool's 2-3 loss to Arsenal in the last round of the English Premier League proved that it harmed the team not only in terms of the result, but because Matip became the third player to face a period of absence.
Colombian winger Luis Diaz, who left the stadium of the Liverpool-Arsenal match with crutches and with a knee injury, will be absent after the World Cup, after the x-rays he underwent on Monday proved that he will need a long period of recovery.
Trent Alexander-Arnold came out of the same match with an ankle injury, which will exclude him from the team's match against Rangers in the Champions League scheduled for Wednesday, and the Manchester City match scheduled for next Sunday in the league.
Media reports stated that Matip will be forced to miss the Rangers match, and there are doubts about his participation in the Manchester City match.
As for Diaz, he will not be able to play any matches before the conclusion of the World Cup finals in Qatar on December 18.
Liverpool suffers a lot this season in the English Premier League, as it occupies the tenth place after collecting only 10 points out of 24 possible.
As for the European Champions League, Liverpool's conditions look better, after they shook the dust of their defeat in the first round of the first group competition against Napoli 1-4, by winning in the last two rounds against Ajax and Rangers, and the team now occupies the group rank with 6 points behind Napoli, the leader in the mark. Full (9 points from three games).
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