Hugo Ekitike grew to become the second Liverpool attacker to endure an harm in a matter of days, after Mohamed Salah, because the Reds misplaced at Brighton.
Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike was pressured off early into the primary half away at Brighton (Picture: Getty)
Hugo Ekitike added to Liverpool’s harm woes because the Reds misplaced 2-1 away at Brighton on Saturday afternoon. The French striker lasted solely 9 minutes after taking place in discomfort following contact with former Liverpool midfielder James Milner. A limping Ekitike obtained remedy earlier than attempting to play on however went down once more and had to get replaced by Curtis Jones.
The 23-year-old left the pitch in tears and headed straight down the tunnel. The centre-forward is now unlikely to play for France over the worldwide break. Ekitike joins Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak, Conor Bradley, Wataru Endo and Giovanni Leoni on the remedy desk. However his knock – which seems to be a thigh contusion – not less than comes with a two-week break till Liverpool’s subsequent match, giving him a while to get better earlier than his membership return to motion.
Arne Slot stated post-match at Brighton: “The gamers and the followers know that there’s solely eight video games to go to qualify for the Champions League and each recreation it’s a must to miss is one thing you’re upset about. Him going off and never having the ability to assist the staff – it’s only a little bit of unhealthy luck.
“It’s not like he shall be out for 3 months however it’s unhealthy sufficient that he wasn’t capable of proceed. It was a blow for him and a blow for us.” The Dutchman declared that Ekitike has suffered a lifeless leg which is able to rule him out of representing his nation however added that the participant “may play tomorrow if he wished to.”
Damage professional Physio Scout agrees and predicts that Ekitike shall be out injured for about every week. They wrote: “Hugo Ekitike was pressured off early with an upper-leg subject.
“The harm appeared to return after James Milner made contact with the skin of Ekitike’s hip, which generally results in a painful contusion/cork or hip pointer harm. These are sometimes fairly sore initially, however they often settle pretty rapidly. Anticipated restoration time: -1 week.”
Liverpool will desperately be hoping for under a short-term lay-off. Instantly after the worldwide break they face Manchester Metropolis within the FA Cup quarter-finals on the Etihad, earlier than taking over Ekitike’s former membership Paris Saint-Germain within the Champions League days later.
Hugo Ekitike was in tears when he was finally taken off (Picture: Getty)
The 2 legs of their quarter-final tie with PSG come both facet of a Premier League recreation in opposition to Fulham at Anfield. And the weekend after the second leg in opposition to the French membership at Anfield, Liverpool play Everton within the first ever Merseyside derby on the Hill Dickinson Stadium the following Sunday.
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The defeat at Brighton, the Reds’ tenth within the Premier League this season after 31 video games, is a gutting blow to Liverpool’s Champions League ambitions. They’ve now did not win any of their final three league video games – dropping to Wolves and drawing with Tottenham earlier than this.
In addition to dealing with Fulham and Everton, Slot’s facet additionally face Crystal Palace (H), Manchester United (A), Chelsea (H), Aston Villa (A) and Brentford (H) earlier than the marketing campaign concludes, as they search to scrape an important top-five end.
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