Diogo Jota and Curtis Jones are both ruled out of the Carabao Cup final, meaning they will both miss time due to injuries.
According to scans, both players will miss time due to injury and won’t be available for the Wembley final, which will also see Liverpool without Trent Alexander-Arnold.Due to hamstring problems, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alisson are also serious concerns.
Due to separate knee and ankle injuries, Jota and Jones were substituted out of the game during the first half of Saturday’s 4-1 victory at Brentford.Before estimating how long it would take them to heal, Liverpool will wait to see more testing, but there are worries that Jota’s knee injury might keep him out for up to two months.
Due to an exacerbating knee ligament injury, Alexander-Arnold will not play against Chelsea, and goalkeeper Alisson strained his hamstring during Friday’s practice.Darwin Nunez, the striker for Liverpool, raised more doubts when he was substituted at halftime against Brentford due to a reported muscular ailment.
Long-term injury issues also prevent Thiago Alcantara, Stefan Bajcetic, Joel Matip, and Ben Doak from playing.Due to the fact that Klopp knows that conceding points will put Manchester City and Arsenal back in the title fight, he must contend with a string of difficult games without some of his key players.
Especially Jota’s injury against Brentford appeared to be potentially catastrophic.The Portuguese player had to be removed on a stretcher after he was struck by a hard blow to his knee during a Brentford play. Although it does not appear to be an ACL tear, which would have finished his season and prevented him from competing in Euro 2024, he will still miss a significant portion of the rest of the campaign due to injury.
The Reds are thin, and Darwin Nunez is another with a minor problem. After playing Luton on Wednesday, Liverpool will take on Chelsea on Sunday for the chance to win trophies.
The Merseyside derby at Goodison Park and a challenging journey to Nottingham Forest await the Reds before they host Man City at Anfield. A trip to Old Trafford on April 6th against Manchester United makes the remaining matchups appear even more daunting.
Although Klopp’s team has handled absences effectively thus far, further depletion of their ranks could spell the end for their hopes of winning the championship.