Latest Liverpool injury news and return dates after the Reds moved top of the Premier League, with updates on Curtis Jones, Andy Robertson, Diogo Jota and Trent Alexander-Arnold
Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League with victory over Brighton before Manchester City and Arsenal played out a goalless draw.
READ MORE: Roy Keane makes Premier League title 'favourites' admission about Liverpool as Man City and Arsenal drawIbrahima Konate, who returned from a muscle problem with France last week, had missed training upon his return as he had a planned rest day, also made the bench on Sunday but was not risked, and finally, there were no new concerns for the boss to deal with.
There was some hope that the midfielder would be fit in time to feature in some capacity yesterday, although his name was an understandable absence from the teamsheet at 1pm. Andy got cleared yesterday, trained completely normal but now we don’t take any kind of risks when we don’t have to," he said. "Next game on Thursday as well, so we have to make sure we bring as many players as possible fit through this period and hope the guys are coming back as soon as possible.
He used the international break to make strides with his recovery though is yet to return to full team training. Klopp, Pep Ljinders or any other staff from the club have indicated an exact timeframe for the attacker, but if all goes to plan then the month of April has long been pinpointed as the time to make a return.
"Football brain wise he is a natural, he's not lost anything there, but rhythm is something else," said Klopp on Friday about the Spaniard. "He is in partial training with the Under-21s and will be in full training with the Under-21s next week. Then after that he will join our training. That's the plan. Then we will see.
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