Jurgen Klopp has hinted at a fresh wave of coronavirus affecting Liverpool ahead of their Premier League trip to Brighton.The Reds suffered two separate outbreaks in December and January which affected their fixture list. While they managed their initial set of cases, they had to postpone the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final in January.
Following on from that, Liverpool – for the first time in a long time – had a fully-fit squad.
However, that quickly dissipated. Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino, Joel Matip and Thiago Alcantara have all had recent issues.
And Klopp hinted at some new Covid-19 cases in a press conference on Friday. Thiago and Ibrahima Konate missed training on Thursday, as did Konate’s fellow centre-back Virgil van Dijk.
Klopp said: “We had a few little things but so far nobody is out of traini …
- March 12, 2022
