(Reuters) – Liverpool’s Brazilian ahead Roberto Firmino sustained a critical hamstring damage in Wednesday’s 2-0 Champions League win over Atletico Madrid and there’s no timeline for the 30-year-old’s return, supervisor Juergen Klopp mentioned on Friday.
The damage might rule Firmino out for a lot of matches, beginning with Sunday’s Premier League journey to West Ham United as second-placed Liverpool look to shut a three-point hole on leaders Chelsea.
Firmino has made eight league appearances this season and has scored 4 targets. He has one other two targets within the Champions League from three video games.
“Bobby is just not excellent news with a critical hamstring damage, actually unlucky. We do not know precisely how lengthy he’ll be out nevertheless it’ll be not now after the worldwide break instantly. We’ve got to work on that,” Klopp informed Liverpool’s web site.
Klopp mentioned defender Joe Gomez (calf) and midfielder Curtis Jones (eye) will even miss Sunday’s conflict on account of accidents.
“Curtis is a totally completely different story (to Firmino), he was unfortunate in coaching – he bought a finger that scratched the attention. I had numerous accidents to gamers in my profession, that was not concerned,” Klopp added.
“He’s on the way in which again however we’ve got to see how lengthy precisely. He might be again after the worldwide break, for positive, however within the worldwide break we’ve got to see when he can begin doing correct stuff once more.
“And Joey, hopefully after the worldwide break as effectively.”
Talking in his pre-match information convention later, Klopp hailed his West Ham counterpart David Moyes who accomplished 1,000 video games as supervisor of their 2-2 Europa League draw with Genk on Thursday.
Fourth-placed West Ham have been a revelation this season and will climb as excessive as second within the English high flight with a win.
“He will get higher and higher,” Klopp mentioned. “I do not know if he reinvented himself, nevertheless it’s completely unimaginable. All people who watches West Ham is aware of they’re now a full bundle.
“You watch them and it is enjoyable. They’re a excessive depth group.”
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Modifying by Toby Davis)
