{"id":18802,"date":"2024-01-09T18:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/18802\/liverpools-alexander-arnold-to-miss-weeks\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T18:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:10:52","slug":"liverpools-alexander-arnold-to-miss-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=18802","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Alexander-Arnold to miss &#8216;weeks&#8217; with knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool&#8217;s Alexander-Arnold to miss &#8216;weeks&#8217; with knee injury\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Liverpool&#39;s Premier League title bid has suffered another blow with Trent Alexander-Arnold expected to be out until mid-February with torn knee ligaments.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold, 25, underwent an examination to assess the full extent of the damage sustained during Sunday&#39;s FA Cup third round win over Arsenal at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But with coach Jurgen Klopp already without several first-team players due to injuries, and Mohamed Salah and Wataru Endo out for six weeks for the Africa Cup of Nations and Asian Cup respectively, the setback Alexander-Arnold will further deplete Liverpool&#39;s squad as they attempt to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League and reach the Carabao Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will face Fulham on Wednesday in the semi-final first leg at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrent hyperextended his knee in the last game,\u201d Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders told the Liverpool website.  \u201cSo he has a small tear in his lateral knee ligament and it will take him some time to recover.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Alexander-Arnold was injured as Liverpool advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup. <cite>Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;He&#39;s had a scan and he&#39;ll be out for a few weeks, so let&#39;s see after that. He&#39;ll rest a bit and hopefully he can get back to where he was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This guy was decisive in every game and he was the one who constantly created for us from deep and gave the team a high level of flexibility. We will really miss him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold&#39;s injury means Liverpool will be without their first-choice full-back as left-back Andy Robertson is still out following shoulder surgery last October.<\/p>\n<p>But Lijnders said the Scotland international was close to returning to action, as was his replacement Kostas Tsimikas following his broken collarbone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobo [Robertson]he is almost three months old, so he will be examined by the surgeon,&#8221; Lijnders said. &#8220;And if he does this scan and we see everything [so] that we can really progress him, he will go to Dubai for a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> to do proper volume sessions, proper sessions, so it will be good for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we see the three-month analysis and we can see how quickly he can get back in touch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Same for Kostas. Kostas is progressing very well, very quickly. So I hope both of them \u2013 Robbo and Kostas \u2013 will be back at the end of this month to train with the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool&#8217;s Alexander-Arnold to miss &#8216;weeks&#8217; with knee injury\u060c Liverpool&#39;s Premier League title bid has suffered another blow with Trent Alexander-Arnold expected to be out until mid-February with torn knee ligaments. 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